The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil (1974)

8.0 June 6, 1974 1h 30m Released
DramaMusicComedyHistoryTV MovieDocumentary

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.

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Cast

  • John Bett

    John Bett

    Various

  • Dolina MacLennan

    Dolina MacLennan

    Various

  • David Maclennan

    David Maclennan

    Various

  • Elizabeth MacLennan

    Elizabeth MacLennan

    Various

  • Alex Norton

    Alex Norton

    Various

  • Bill Paterson

    Bill Paterson

    Various

  • Allan Ross

    Allan Ross

    Various

  • John McGrath

    John McGrath

    Various

  • Charles Kearney

    Charles Kearney

    Sellar

  • James Cosmo

    James Cosmo

    Loch

  • Iain Glas

    Iain Glas

    MacLeod

  • David Steaurt

    David Steaurt

    Judge

  • Kenneth Benda

    Kenneth Benda

    Duke

  • Stuart Mungall

    Stuart Mungall

    Husband

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