Tony Roper wrote The Steamie for Glasgow's Mayfest in 1987 and since then the play has always been in production somewhere in Britain. This is now your chance to own the original version of the smash-hit of the year which played to packed audiences in the theatre and was watched by millions when it was produced for television. Return to Hogmanay 1957 when a feisty bunch of Glasgow women - Mrs Culfeathers, Dolly, Doreen and the irrepressible Magrit - all meet at The Steamie to d...
Originally broadcast as part of the BBC's 'Play for Today' series in 1975 this controversial tale is set in Glasgow during the Orange Walk parade and features appearances by Eileen McCallum Ken Hutchison and Billy Connolly. John Morrison stars as John McNeil a young man who is gradually coming to terms with the violent and unpleasant truth behind the marching and symbolic pageantry.
Douglas's magnificent, award-winning Trilogy is the product of an assured, formidable artistic vision. These are some of the most compelling films about childhood ever made. Presented here in a High-Definition restoration, the Trilogy follows Jamie (played with heart-breaking conviction by Stephen Archibald) as he grows up in a poverty-stricken mining village in post-war Scotland. This is cinematic poetry: Douglas contracted his subject matter to the barest essentials - dialogue is kept to a minimum, and fields, slag heaps and cobbled streets are shot in bleak monochrome. Yet with its unexpected humour and warmth, the Trilogy brims with clear-eyed humanity, and affection for an ultimately triumphant young boy.
Written by Tony Roper The Steamie is set around Hogmany 1957 when a feisty bunch of Glasgow women (Mrs Culfeathers Dolly Doreen and the irrepresible Magrit) all meet at The Steamie to do the traditional family wash before the New Year. The Steamie is a hilarious cameo of Glasgow's social histroy where the washing was always easier to do when the women shared their laughter and sorrow and a scandalous supply of gossip.
The Steamie: Tony Roper wrote The Steamie for Glasgow's Mayfest in 1987 and since then the play has always been in production somewhere in Britain. This is your chance to own the original version of the smash-hit of the year which played to packed audiences in the theatre and was watched by millions when it was produced for television. Return to Hogmanay 1957 when a feisty bunch of Glasgow women Mrs Culfeathers Dolly Doreen and the irrepressible Magrit all meet at The Steamie to do the traditional family wash before the New Year. Laugh again at Mrs Culfeather's wonderful Galloway's mince enjoy the fantasy phone call between Magrit and Dolly and wonder at the welly-booted tango when Dolly bends over backwards to grab a rose with her teeth! The Steamie is a hilarious cameo of Glasgow's social history where the washing was always easier to do when the women shared their laughter and sorrow and a scandalous supply of gossip!Francie & Josie: The final and farewell performance celebrating 36 years of Francie & Josie recorded live at the Kings Theatre Glasgow.Dorothy - Is That Her Again?: Once again Dorothy tells it like it is. Playing to a packed celebrity audience at the Pavilion Theatre we are regaled with the trivial and hilarious traumas of blocked toilets waddins funerals and the inevitable 'wummin's troubles'. Join Dorothy Paul for a romp through her younger years with side-splitting stories including those from her teenage dating days in Dennistown when an apprentice plumber was considered a good catch!
Peter McDougall's (Just Another Saturday Just A Boys Game) first televised script for the acclaimed BBC Play for Today series in 1972. Based on fact the story is of Alison who unexpectedly falls pregnant to Alex (David Hayman's first TV role). The couple decide to marry and break the news to their parents - an uncomfortable meeting and slightly acrimonious wedding follow exploring the sectarian divide of that era. A witty bleak and audacious tale which caused uproar after the original broadcast but was also proclaimed as the most exciting writing debut since John Osborne's Look Back in Anger. Another early triumph for Peter McDougall
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