The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
Release Date: 1974-06-06
Rating : 0/10
Duration : 90 minutes
Genres : Drama, Documentary, Music, Comedy, History, TV Movie
Director : John Mackenzie
Writer : John McGrath
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