Honorary Fellow: Association For Scottish Literary Studies
“If we investigate only by physical and chemical means, we can only get physical and chemical answers.”
Royal Visit
Commissioned and directed by Stephen MacDonald. Dundee Repertory Theatre. 1974.
As was the case with The Rising, the radio script was the starting point for a stage version.
"large implications are concentrated with masterly economy in a handful of persons and little more than a couple of hours .. makes pungent and pertinent comment on historical themes, and brings certain historical characters to most persuasive life" Glasgow Herald.
"Has succeeded in mixing mockery with anger, and has poured ridicule on Scott and the king without destroying all respect for them. ... The fiddle music provided by Angus Cameron is one of the beauties of this production" The Scotsman
"Mr MacDonald's subtle direction motivated the play like a moving tapestry that constantly impressed" The Stage
A new production of the play was directed by Stephen at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, 1976.
"the play .. still seems to be torn between lampoon and history." The Scotsman
"the satirical extravaganza Hector MacMillan made out of this grotesque royal charade
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