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John McGrath`s play, `The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil`, was toured round the Highlands of Scotland by 7:84 (Scotland) Theatre Company in 1973. The following year, a television version of the play was broadcast as part of the BBC`s `Play for Today` season. Adapted by John McGrath, this showed excerpts from the play as performed by the Company at Dornie village hall, intercut with dramatised scenes from Highland history and interviews with Scots of the time.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection reflects Dr Esther Breitenbach's feminist activism from the 1970s onwards. This includes papers reflecting her contributions to the Women’s Legal and Financial Independence Campaign, the Radical Scotland Women’s Group, and the European Forum of Socialist Feminists, as well as papers relating to the activities of the Women's Co-ordination Group, which advanced the demand for 50:50 gender representation. The collection includes assorted annotated pamphlets, conference papers,...

Scope and Contents This collection includes personal and working papers of Alasdair Gray, with the great majority of the papers concerning 'A Gray play book' (Luath, 2009) and 'A life in pictures' (Canongate, 2009).The 'play book' papers include typescripts from throughout Gray's life of many of the plays which made up the book, as well as annotated proofs, and correspondence concerning the book's production.There are extensive visual materials collated by Gray for the production of 'A...

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Each of the videocassettes has a label on it. There are also labels on both the card sleeve and the plastic outer container. The label on the plastic container has been used to provide the descriptions as it has, generally, fuller information.

Included is an account book, 1918-1922, of George Riddle, shoemaker, Rosehearty.

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Audiovisual materials within the WGML have not been fully catalogued but researchers and visitors are welcome to consult items upon request.

Acc.14114/2/3/13

13/1 Various CDs and DVDs

13/2 Various audio cassettes

13/3 Various VHS tapes and magnetic tapes

13/4 Portable cassette recorder and adapter