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7:84 was a Scottish left-wing agitprop theatre group. The name comes from a statistic, published in The Economist in 1966, that 7% of the population of the UK owned 84% of the state's wealth.

The group was originally founded by playwright John McGrath in 1971, and operated throughout Great Britain. In 1973, it split into 7:84 (England) and 7:84 (Scotland). The English group folded in 1984, having lost its grant from the Arts Council of Great Britain. The Scottish group lost its funding from the Scottish Arts Council in 2006, though Artistic Director Lorenzo Mele successfully secured funding for a further year from April 2007. He subsequently commissioned a series of four plays, Wound by Nicola McCartney, Eclipse by Haresh Sharma, A Time To Go by Selma Dimitrijevic, and Doch-An-Doris (A Parting Drink) by Linda McLean. Together, these short plays formed Re:Union , a production which toured Scotland in early 2007. This was followed in September 2007 by Raman Mundair's The Algebra of Freedom , which also toured extensively throughout Scotland. This production was directed by 7:84's Associate Director, Jo Ronan, and designed by David Sneddon.

On 31 December 2008, the Scottish company ceased trading, citing "the changing funding structures in Scottish theatre.""http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7:84" Categories: Theatre companies in Scotland | Scottish drama | Popular Theatre companies and practitioners | 1971 establishments | Political theatre | Scottish organisation stubs | United Kingdom theatre stubs

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