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The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

  • 1974
  • TMDB 8.0/10
  • 1h 30m

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.

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.

Cast

  • John BettVarious
  • Dolina MacLennanVarious
  • David MaclennanVarious
  • Elizabeth MacLennanVarious
  • Alex NortonVarious
  • Bill PatersonVarious
  • Allan RossVarious
  • John McGrathVarious

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