“The general assumption in the past has tended to be that an overview of Scottish drama would not take very long. Between Sir David Lyndsay & James Bridie, what was there of any lasting importance?”

Edwin Morgan, “Scottish Drama: an overview” (1999)

Today, 27 March, is World Theatre Day

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MORGAN, Edwin, ‘Scottish Drama: an overview’

ScotLit 20, Spring 1999 | The general assumption in the past has tended to be that an overview of Scottish drama would not take very long. Between Sir David Lyndsay and James Bridie, what was there of…

Association for Scottish Literature

SETTING THE STAGE
New Wave Scottish Drama from the 1970s & 1980s

Featuring 5 exciting & experimental playscripts:

White Rose (Peter Arnott)
Mary (Ian Brown)
Playing With Fire (Jo Clifford)
An Island in Largo (Sue Glover)
The Way to Go Home (Rona Munro)

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https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/setting-the-stage/

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Michel Tremblay: Plays in Scots
in 2 vols
Translated by Martin Bowman & Bill Findlay
Ed. Martin Bowman

The energy & versatility of 8 of Tremblay’s Québécois plays, captured in Scots translation. Available from all good booksellers everywhere!

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https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/other_titles/michel-tremblay-plays-in-scots-volume-1/

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Dràma na Gàidhlig: Ceud Bliadhna air an Àrd-ùrlar
A Century of Gaelic Drama
ed Michell Macleod
WINNER of An Leabhar Neo-fhicsein as Fheàrr 2021 (Duais Dhòmhnaill Meek)

8 superb Gaelic plays from the start of the 20th century to the present

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https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/drama_na_gaidhlig/

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Scottish People’s Theatre
Plays by Glasgow Unity writers
ed. Bill Findlay

⭐️THE GORBALS STORY: Robert McLeish
⭐️MEN SHOULD WEEP: Ena Lamont Stewart
⭐️GOLD IN HIS BOOTS: George Munro
⭐️THE LAMBS OF GOD: Benedick Scott
⭐️ALL IN GOOD FAITH: Roddy McMillan

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https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/spt/

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The Devil to Stage
Five Plays by James Bridie
ed. Gerard Carruthers

⭐️THE SUNLIGHT SONATA
⭐️THE ANATOMIST
⭐️A SLEEPING CLERGYMAN
⭐️MR BOLFRY
⭐️DAPHNE LAUREOLA

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Serving Twa Maisters
Five Classic Plays in Scots Translation

⭐️LET WIVES TAK TENT: Robert Kemp
⭐️THE BURDIES: Douglas Young
⭐️THE SERVANT O’ TWA MAISTERS: Victor Carin
⭐️THE HYPOCHONDRIAK: Hector MacMillan
⭐️MR PUNTILA & HIS MAN MATTI: Peter Arnott

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