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This chapter explores the many different types of writing that Reid was engaged in throughout her career for radio, television, and stage—drawing together these works in order to make further conclusions about Reid’s contributions to the fabric of writing in and about Northern Ireland in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s.

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  1. 1.

    Reid, Christina, “Wasteground”, Honey, (December 1983), 81.

  2. 2.

    Reid, “Wasteground”, 81.

  3. 3.

    Christina Reid, “Three Articles”, Broadcasted on R.T.E. Radio This Year (Sunday Miscellany), unpublished manuscript, Christina Reid Collection, Linen Hall Library, Belfast.

  4. 4.

    Reid, “Three Articles”, 1.

  5. 5.

    Reid, “Three Articles”, 3.

  6. 6.

    Reid, “Three Articles”, 2.

  7. 7.

    Reid, “Three Articles”, 2.

  8. 8.

    Reid, “Three Articles”, 2.

  9. 9.

    Reid, “Three Articles”, 1.

  10. 10.

    Christina Reid, “Of All the Gin Joints,” Kaleidoscope, BBC Radio 4, London, (December 1987).

  11. 11.

    Christina Reid, “The Understudy”, unpublished playscript for Vote Vote Vote at the Tinderbox Theatre, Belfast, (November 2003), Christina Reid Collection, Linen Hall Library, Belfast.

  12. 12.

    “Justice what is Justice: A Theatre Benefit for The Birmingham Six” held at the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith November 4 as part of the “Six nights for the Six” the London Campaign group for the Birmingham Six. 1990. Christina Reid Collection, Linen Hall Library, Belfast.

  13. 13.

    “North appeal for a ‘No’ vote” (n.date), n.pg., Christina Reid Collection, Linenhall Archives.

  14. 14.

    Christina Reid, “The Understudy”, n.pg., unpublished manuscript, Christina Reid Collection, Linenhall Library, Belfast.

  15. 15.

    “Teacher’s Notes”, in Kathryn Baird, Series Editor. Today and Yesterday in Northern Ireland. BBC Radio, (Autumn 1989), Christina Reid Collection, Linen Hall Library, Belfast.

  16. 16.

    Christina Reid, “Childhood” Today and Yesterday in Northern Ireland, BBC Radio Ulster, 1984. Sound recording.

  17. 17.

    “Teacher’s notes”, n.pg.

  18. 18.

    Christina Reid, “Summertime”, (Unpublished, 1996), Christina Reid Collection, Linen Hall Library, Belfast.

  19. 19.

    Reid, “Summertime”, 1.

  20. 20.

    Christina Reid, “Funeral Director’s Tale”, (Unpublished, 2000), BBC Broadcast Script for 2000 Tales, Broadcast 23 October 2000, Christina Reid Collection, Linen Hall Library, Belfast.

  21. 21.

    Reid, “Funeral Director’s Tale”, n.pg.

  22. 22.

    Letter 7 April 1981, from Brenda Reid to Christina Reid, Christina Reid Collection, Linen Hall Library, Belfast.

  23. 23.

    Stephen Butcher qtd. In Roy Shephard, “And the Corpse Killed time doing crosswords!”, n.date, n.pg.

  24. 24.

    Christina Reid, Personal Interview, London, June 27, 2010.

  25. 25.

    Kerry Campbell, “In Conversation Kerry Campbell Talks to Chris Reid: Cuppas and Corpses.”, n.date, n. publication p. 25.

  26. 26.

    Ruth Baker, “Lyric Playwright in Residence: Christina Reid talks to Ruth Baker”, Northern Woman. Vol 1 No 6. October, n. year. p. 17.

  27. 27.

    Mervyn Wall, “Radio”. Evening Press. 18 January, n.year, n.pg.

  28. 28.

    Irish Arts Week, Interview with Christina Reid, BBC Radio 4, July 29, 1986.

  29. 29.

    Irish Arts Week, 1986.

  30. 30.

    David Bradbury, “Bradbury on the box”, Sunday Mirror, August 16, 1987, p. 27.

  31. 31.

    John Lyttle, “First Sight: The Last of a Dying Race”, City Limits, August 6–13, 1987, n.pg.

  32. 32.

    Alan Coren, “A funny way to treat the dead”, The Mail on Sunday, August 16, 1987, p. 35.

  33. 33.

    Ann Mann, “Ulster c-4 The Last of a Dyin’ Race”, n.date., n.pg.

  34. 34.

    Sally Payne “Television Choice” Sunday Times September 8, 1987, n.pg.

  35. 35.

    Time Out, Television Section, August 1987.

  36. 36.

    Christina Reid, “Bomb Damage Sale Wedding Dress,” unpublished manuscript, Christina Reid Archives, Linen Hall Library, Belfast, 1998 “Bomb Damage Sale Wedding Dress,” unpublished manuscript, Christina Reid Collection, Linen Hall Library, Belfast.

  37. 37.

    Christina Reid, “Bomb Damage”, 1998.

  38. 38.

    Arnold-Forster, Val. “Flavouring your weekend with God.” Guardian. March 1990.

  39. 39.

    Pat Ashworth, “Les Miserables”, Plays & Players, June 1992, 52.

  40. 40.

    Sarah Hemmin, “Back to the Barricades”, The Independent, March 25, 1992, n.pg.

  41. 41.

    Lynne Greenwood “From the Page to the Stage”, Daily Telegraph, April 3, 1992, n.pg.

  42. 42.

    Pat Ashworth “Les Miserables”, n.date, 52.

  43. 43.

    Michael Coveney, “Just you wait for me blooming exotic verbals”, The Observer, April 12, 1992, n.pg.

  44. 44.

    “Les Miserables – a very powerful tale”, Beeston Express, April 10, 1992, n.pg.

  45. 45.

    Michael Coveney, “Just you wait”, n.pg.

  46. 46.

    Michael Schmidt “Disney on the Paris barricades”, Daily Telegraph, April 18, 1992, n.pg.

  47. 47.

    Lynn St. Claire, “A Visual Stunner”, N.E.P, April 6, 1992, n.pg.

  48. 48.

    Lewis Meakin “Theatrical show is a real must”, Derby Evening Telegraph, April 6, 1992.

  49. 49.

    New Connections 99: New Plays for Young People. London: Faber and Faber Ltd., 1999.

  50. 50.

    New Connections: 99, vii.

  51. 51.

    New Connections: 99, xii.

  52. 52.

    Teacher notes from St. Cuthbert’s production of King of the Castle, Dale Rooks. February 16, 1999, Christina Reid Collection, Linen Hall Library, Belfast.

  53. 53.

    Workshop notes from King of the castle, Christina Reid Collection, Linen Hall Library, Belfast.

  54. 54.

    Program St. Cuthbert’s performance of King of the Castle, April 21, 1999. Christina Reid Collection, Linen Hall Library, Belfast.

  55. 55.

    NT festival program, National Assemblies, p. 2., Christina Reid Collection, Linen Hall Library, Belfast.

  56. 56.

    Christina Reid, The Gift of the Gab, (Edinburgh: Barrington Stoke Ltd., 2004), p. 5.

  57. 57.

    Suzy Graham-Adriani, “Introduction”, NT Connections 2007: New Plays for Young People, (London: Faber and Faber, 2007), p.vii.

  58. 58.

    Christina Reid, “Author’s Note”, NT Connections 2007: New Plays for Young People, (London: Faber and Faber, 2007), p. 598.

  59. 59.

    Christina Reid, Personal Interview, London, June 27, 2010.

  60. 60.

    Charlotte Headrick, “Remembering Christina Reid: A Personal Reflection,” in The Irish Literary Supplement, (Fall 2015), 28.

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Tracie, R. (2018). Breadth and Depth. In: Christina Reid's Theatre of Memory and Identity. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97876-5_9

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