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The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

1974 • 1h30m Drama, Music, Comedy, History, TV Movie

Popularity

2

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.

Details

Director

John Mackenzie

Screenplay

John McGrath

Cast

John Bett

Dolina MacLennan

David Maclennan

Release date

6/6/1974

Status

Released

Origin country

GB