The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

The read

It runs a compact 1h 30m.

Synopsis

In their songs, comedy and exuberant music, a travelling theatre company give a fiercely polemic account of Scottish history, from the aftermath of Culloden to the oil boom. Their production before a live audience is intercut with filmed reconstructions of the Highland Clearances and the Victorian obsession with hunting stags.

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Key crew

• John MackenzieDirector
• John McGrathWriter

Cast

• John BettVarious
• Dolina MacLennanVarious
• David MaclennanVarious
• Elizabeth MacLennanVarious
• Alex NortonVarious
• Bill PatersonVarious
• Allan RossVarious
• John McGrathVarious
• Charles KearneySellar
• James CosmoLoch
• Iain GlasMacLeod
• David SteaurtJudge

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