Chronology: The Thatcher Years -- 1. The Matter of Discourse -- 2. Thatcherism -- 3. Arts and Money -- 4. The Response of the Left -- 5. Looking East -- 6. Carnivals of the Oppressed -- 7. Defusing a Refusenik -- 8. Women's Theatre -- 9. So People Know We're Here: Black Theatre in Britain -- 10. New Writing and Theatre in the Eighties -- 11. Some Conclusions: The Legacy of Thatcher's Theatre