"[1] The movement had strong links with the Communist Party of Great Britain and the Left Book Club Theatre Guild.
At the time, the play's producer, Robert Mitchell, described Unity's struggle for a new Scottish drama: What we try to create is something which is essentially reflecting the lives of the ordinary people of Scotland.
It brought the Glasgow working-class vividly to the centre of the stage, and intervened directly into the contemporary problem of homelessness (squatters' leader, P.C.B.
McIntyre was allowed on stage prior to the rise of the curtain to address an audience which contained both the Glasgow Lord Provost and other civic and literary dignitaries in the stalls, and fellow squatters in the circle).
[4] Among the shows the company performed in their first year were The Lower Depths by Maxim Gorky and The Laird O’ Torwatletie by Robert MacLellan, both at The Pleasance Little Theatre.