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Sunset Song (Play)
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An epic, sweeping adaptation of Lewis Grassic Gibbon's Scottish masterpiece. A world premiere.
Essential for audiences interested in Scottish literature on stage.
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About the Ebook
A classic of Scots literature, brilliantly adapted for the stage.
Sunset Song is the first novel in Lewis Grassic Gibbon's Scots Quair trilogy, a rich evocation of growing up on a farm in Scotland in the early-20th century, of being in love and in lust, of getting by as a young mother on your own and of losing your lover in war.
The distinguishing feature of the books - and of this dramatisation - is the use of the rhythms and vocabulary of Scots to tell the story.
This stage version of Sunset Song by Alastair Cording was first performed at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow, in 1991.
'Succeeds marvellously... puts Scotland's own history onto the stage with vigour, precision and skill... a pure piece of theatre' Guardian
'Does full justice to Grassic Gibbon... a joy and a wrench to watch its blithe unfolding of tragedy and hope' Scotland on Sunday
Why You'll Love This Ebook
- Brilliant adaptation of Scottish literary classic.
- Celebration of Scottish landscape and spirit.
- Published by Nick Hern Books, leading contemporary theatre publisher.
- Literature and landscape transformed into theatre.
Reviews
Succeeds marvellously... puts Scotland's own history onto the stage with vigour, precision and skill... a pure piece of theatre' Guardian
'Does full justice to Grassic Gibbon... a joy and a wrench to watch its blithe unfolding of tragedy and hope' Scotland on Sunday
About the Author
Lewis Grassic Gibbon was the pseudonym of James Leslie Mitchell (1901–1935), a Scottish writer, author of the trilogy of novels known as A Scots Quair, comprising Sunset Song (1932), Cloud Howe (1933), and Grey Granite (1934).
Publication Details
Publisher: Nick Hern Books
Publication Date: 22 August 2019
Print Length: 96 pages (Ebook edition)
ISBN (Ebook): 9781788502290
Format: Ebook
Language: English
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