The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

Jun 6, 1974

1h 30m

★ 0.0

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.

Genres

Drama

Music

Comedy

History

TV Movie

Production Companies

Panamint Film

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Cast

Various

John Bett

Various

Dolina MacLennan

Various

David Maclennan

Various

Elizabeth MacLennan

Various

Alex Norton

Various

Bill Paterson

Various

Allan Ross

Various

John McGrath

Sellar

Charles Kearney

Loch

James Cosmo

MacLeod

Iain Glas

Judge

David Steaurt

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