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Mcgrath John
The Cheviot The Stag And The Black Black Oil
The Cheviot The Stag And The Black Black Oil
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Description: Written during the 1970s John Mc Grath'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 nineteenth 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. The play follows the thread of capitalist and repressive exploitation through the estates of the stag - hunting landed gentry to the 1970s rush for profit in the name of North Sea Oil. 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 democratic collaborative approach to creating theatre; offering a language of performance accessible to working - class people; producing theatre in non - purpose - built theatre spaces; breaking down the barrier between audience and performers through interaction; and taking theatre to people who otherwise would not access it. The play received its premiere in 1973 by the agit - prop theatre group 7:84, of which John Mc Grath was founder and Artistic Director and toured Scotland to great critical and audience acclaim.
Title: The Cheviot The Stag And The Black Black Oil
Author(s): Mcgrath John
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781472531094
Pages: 216 Pages
Publication Date: 4/23/2015
Series: Student Editions
Category: Plays, Playscripts
Description: Written during the 1970s John Mc Grath'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 nineteenth 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. The play follows the thread of capitalist and repressive exploitation through the estates of the stag - hunting landed gentry to the 1970s rush for profit in the name of North Sea Oil. 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 democratic collaborative approach to creating theatre; offering a language of performance accessible to working - class people; producing theatre in non - purpose - built theatre spaces; breaking down the barrier between audience and performers through interaction; and taking theatre to people who otherwise would not access it. The play received its premiere in 1973 by the agit - prop theatre group 7:84, of which John Mc Grath was founder and Artistic Director and toured Scotland to great critical and audience acclaim.
Title: The Cheviot The Stag And The Black Black Oil
Author(s): Mcgrath John
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781472531094
Pages: 216 Pages
Publication Date: 4/23/2015
Series: Student Editions
Category: Plays, Playscripts