The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

1h 30m
DramaMusicComedyHistoryTV Movie
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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
Dolina MacLennan
Various
David Maclennan
Various
Elizabeth MacLennan
Various
Alex Norton
Various
Bill Paterson
Various
Allan Ross
Various
John McGrath
Various
Charles Kearney
Sellar
James Cosmo
Loch
Iain Glas
MacLeod
David Steaurt
Judge
Kenneth Benda
Duke
Stuart Mungall
Husband
Terry Cavers
Wife
Kevin Collins
Old Man

Crew

John Mackenzie
Director
John McGrath
Writer
Brian Tufano
Director of Photography
Graeme MacDonald
Producer
John Byrne
Art Designer

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