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‘The Scottish Play’ is in Gaelic at the Fringe starring Western Isles actors

30 July 2014 (Island News & Advertiser)

Mac Bheatha, a new Gaelic adaption of Shakespeare’s Macbeth is heading to the Edinburgh Fringe, with South Uist actor David Walker in the title role, and Lewis’s Catriona Lexy Campbell as Lady Macbeth.

The new adaption based on Gaelic writer Ian MacDonald’s translation, was first previewed at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow last October to a sellout audience.

This success has led Edinburgh producers White Stag Theatre Company to take it to the fringe in August 2014 following selection as part of Made In Scotland.

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