Redefining the English Regional Producing Theatre: What was the legacy of the Boyden Report?

This thesis will identify the significance of ‘new writing’ in Boyden’s national strategy and analyse how metropolitan producing practices were outlined by Boyden for the ERPTs. This thesis will contextualise ‘new writing’ at the time of the report’s production and look at what this term means within the wider discourse of the Boyden Report. In addition, I will then connect the links between new writing and addressing social exclusion, looking to provide evidence as to how these two issues became the dominant factors within Boyden’s influential national policy.