Glaswegian Trotskyite News Today

Marxist who attempted to reach the masses through the medium of television

Griffiths, who has died aged 88, explored the conflict between reform and revolution in plays and scripts from the film Reds to dramas such as Occupations, The Party and Comedians

Politically committed dramatist and screenwriter admired for his radical stage and television work created over the last 50 years

Olivier chose The Party as his last National Theatre stage role and another Griffiths hit, Comedians, was Jonathan Pryce’s breakthrough