The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

Name: The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
Director: John Mackenzie
Released: 1974-06-06
Duration: 90 min
Cast: John Bett, Dolina MacLennan, David Maclennan, Elizabeth MacLennan, Alex Norton

June 6, 1974

1h 30m

Drama Music Comedy History TV Movie

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.