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The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

Drama, Music, Comedy, History, TV Movie

1h 30m

June 6, 1974 (51 years ago)

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.

ActorAge thenAge now
John Bett

John Bett

Various

Birthday: January 1, 1949

2576
Dolina MacLennan

Dolina MacLennan

Various

Birthday: January 1, 1938

3687
David Maclennan

David Maclennan

Various

Birthday: June 19, 1948

25 June 13, 2014 (65)
Elizabeth MacLennan

Elizabeth MacLennan

Various

Birthday: March 16, 1938

36 June 23, 2015 (77)
Alex Norton

Alex Norton

Various

Birthday: January 27, 1950

2475
Bill Paterson

Bill Paterson

Various

Birthday: June 3, 1945

2980
Allan Ross

Allan Ross

Various

Birthday: -

--
John McGrath

John McGrath

Various

Birthday: July 1, 1935

38 January 22, 2002 (66)
Charles Kearney

Charles Kearney

Sellar

Birthday: -

--
James Cosmo

James Cosmo

Loch

Birthday: May 24, 1948

2677