The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
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Drama, Documentary, Music, Comedy, History, TV Movie
•- Runtime
- 90 mins
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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.
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
- Dolina MacLennan
- David Maclennan
- Elizabeth MacLennan
- Alex Norton
- Bill Paterson
- Allan Ross
- John McGrath
- Charles Kearney
- James Cosmo
- Iain Glas
- David Steaurt
- Kenneth Benda
- Stuart Mungall
- Terry Cavers
- Kevin Collins
Director
- John Mackenzie
Producers
- Graeme MacDonald