Play for Today. The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil. from aliya vat hot poro photo Watch Video
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Description: First broadcast 6th June 1974.<br/><br/>Drama documentary adaptation of John McGrath's play staged by the 7:84 theatre company dealing with the exploitation of the Scottish people throughout history, from the brutal evictions of the Highland crofters by landowners to make way for the more economically viable Cheviot sheep in the 18th century, the development of stag hunts in Highland game parks in the 19th century and finally the exploitation of resources during the oil boom of the 1970's.<br/><br/>John Bett ... 7:84 Company - Sellar / Government Spokesman etc<br/>David MacLennan ... 7:84 Company - Crofter etc<br/>Dolina MacLennan ... 7:84 Company - Singer etc<br/>Elizabeth MacLennan ... 7:84 Company - Lady Phosphate etc<br/>Timothy Martin ... 7:84 Company - Queen Victoria etc<br/>Alex Norton ... 7:84 Company - Lord Vat / Singer etc<br/>Bill Paterson ... 7:84 Company - McChuckemup / Texas Jim etc<br/>Allan Ross ... 7:84 Company - Fiddle Music Man etc<br/>John Byrne ... 7:84 Company - Pop-Up Book<br/>John McGrath ... 7:84 Company - Writer / Director<br/>Charles Kearney ... Sellar<br/>James Cosmo ... Loch<br/>Stuart Mungall ... Husband<br/>Terry Cavers ... Wife<br/>Iain Glass ... MacLeod (as Ian Glas)<br/>David Steuart ... Judge<br/>Kenneth Benda ... Duke of Sutherland<br/>Kevin Collins ... Old Man
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