The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
60 Years of Modern Plays
Modern Plays
- Forfatter: John McGrath
- Format: Innbundet
- Antall sider: 104
- Språk: Engelsk
- Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
- Serienavn: Modern Plays
- EAN: 9781350135079
- Utgivelsesår: 2019
- Bidragsyter: McGrath, John
229,-
It''s a story that has a beginning, a middle, but as yet, no end. John McGrath''s winding, furious, innovative play tracks the economic history and exploitation of the Scottish Highlands from the post-Rebellion suppression of the clans to the story of the Clearances: in the 19th century, aristocratic landowners discovered the profitability of sheep farming, and forced a mass emigration of rural Highlanders, burning their houses in order to make way for the Cheviot sheep. Described by the playwright as having a ¿ceilidh¿ format, The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil draws on historical research alongside Gaelic song and the Scots'' love of variety and popular entertainment to tell this epic story. A totally distinctive cultural and theatrical phenomenon, the play championed several new approaches to theatre, raising its profile as a means of political intervention; proposing a collective and collaborative approach to creating theatre; offering a language of perfor
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