The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil (1974)
Overview
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.
Cast
John Bett
Various
Alex Norton
Various
Bill Paterson
Various
John McGrath
Various
James Cosmo
Loch
Kenneth Benda
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