It is often claimed that at this time Lochhead was part of a Philip Hobsbaum writers' group, a crucible of creative activity - with other members including Alasdair Gray, James Kelman, Tom Leonard, Aonghas MacNeacail and Jeff Torrington,[REF] Liz Lochhead has repeatedly claimed this to be an invention [REF].
Lochhead's success in poetry was rivaled by her writing for the theatre [REF].