David harrowers adaptation of roger hutchinsons book relates the. Announcing the national emergency library, a temporary collection of books that supports emergency remote teaching, research activities, independent scholarship, and intellectual stimulation while universities, schools, training centers, and libraries are closed. National theatre of scotland, a company limited by guarantee and registered in scotland sc234270, is a registered scottish charity sc033377. Communicado and the national theatre of scotland present the remarkable true story of one mans singleminded determination to challenge. Follow our broadcasts from stage to screen with exclusive backstage updates. Loved this book and the breathtaking scottish scenery it depicted. To ask other readers questions about calums road, please sign up. Calums daughter, julia, also takes the road up over down and. Produced by the national theatre of scotland and communicado theatre company, directed by gerry mulgrew, it toured scotland in autumn 2011 and in the summer of 20.
Calums road will tour across scotland before ending up in raasay in late november. The play calums road, adapted by playwright david harrower from the nonfiction book of the same name by roger hutchinson, opened in. His book the soap man birlinn 2003 was shortlisted for the saltire scottish book of the year 2004. A play calums road was adapted by david harrower from roger hutchinsons book. After reading roger hutchisons book on the tale, he convinced. Calums road has been a huge bestseller, shortlisted for. Collaborating with artists and communities to create worldclass theatre with the power to change lives.
Theres no such sensual abandon in the story of calums road, set on the island of raasay between the 1960s and the present day, and transformed in 2011 into a powerful national theatre of. The story is told in roger hutchinsons 2006 book calums road and. By david harrower from the book by roger hutchinson. Ian mcdiarmid leads this drama inspired by the extraordinary true story of how, over a period of ten. Calums road real lifeinspired drama about roadbuilding on. The play calums road, adapted by playwright david harrower from the non fiction book of the same name by roger hutchinson, opened in. Driving joined up talent development plans with partners across scotland, to nurture theatre makers at all stages of their careers and reflect the diversity of contemporary scotland. Small print national theatre of scotland, a company limited by guarantee and registered in scotland sc234270, is a registered scottish charity sc033377. Performances index national theatre scotland national.
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