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The Tobacco Merchant's Lawyer

Ian McDiarmid stars in Iain Heggie's witty and satirical play about an impecunious lawyer, set in late 18th-century Glasgow.

Glasgow 1780. Lawyer Enoch Dalmellington represents the ambiguities of Scottish society since the Union. He detests the corruption of Glasgow's merchants, but can't resist being bought off by them; he dreams of Scottish independence, but is too canny to mention it. And there's a wake-up call to a city whose history has always been more rich, varied and morally ambiguous than the dominant narrative of victimhood allows.

Dalmellington ..... Ian McDiarmid
Directed by Jeremy Mortimer

Iain Heggie was born in Glasgow in 1953. 'A Wholly Healthy Glasgow' , and his John Whiting award-winning play, American Bagpipes, both premiered at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, and were later seen at The Royal Court in London. Recent plays include' Love Freaks' (a new take of Double Inconstancy) and 'Sauciehall Street'.

45 minutes

Last on

Tue 6 Mar 2012 14:15

Broadcasts

  • Mon 14 Dec 2009 14:15
  • Tue 6 Mar 2012 14:15

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