The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

8.019741h 30mReleased
DramaMusicComedyHistoryTV Movie

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.

Director

John Mackenzie

Writer

John McGrath

Language

English, Gaelic

Top Cast

John Bett

John Bett

Various

D

Dolina MacLennan

Various

D

David Maclennan

Various

E

Elizabeth MacLennan

Various

Alex Norton

Alex Norton

Various

Bill Paterson

Bill Paterson

Various

A

Allan Ross

Various

John McGrath

John McGrath

Various

C

Charles Kearney

Sellar

James Cosmo

James Cosmo

Loch

I

Iain Glas

MacLeod

D

David Steaurt

Judge

Kenneth Benda

Kenneth Benda

Duke

S

Stuart Mungall

Husband

T

Terry Cavers

Wife

K

Kevin Collins

Old Man

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