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Apr 16, 2018 · The Skinny talks to playwright Martin Travers and actor Martin Docherty about the upcoming premiere of their one-man show McLuckie’s Line, acting, and the class divide in Scottish theatre. Preview by Amy Taylor | 16 Apr 2018.
Martin Travers, the writer, draws on the history of the area and based his play on a visit to Lanarkshire in 1803, including Leadhills, by Dorothy Wordsworth, her brother William and the poet Samuel Coleridge. The focus is on an overnight stay at Mrs Otto’s hostely – it’s not a factual account.
May 1, 2018 · Martin Docherty in McLuckie's Line. It's a rare beast in current Scottish - or British - theatre, this new monologue co-created by actor Martin Docherty and writer Martin Travers. Proudly...
Written and produced by award-winning playwright Martin Travers (Whatever Happened To The Jaggy Nettles) and directed by actor and novelist Pauline Lynch (Trainspotting, Armadillos,) Secret Wrapped In Lead stars Helen McAlpine (Rillington Place) as Dorothy Wordsworth, Fletcher Mathers (Medea) as her fierce landlady Mrs Otto and Fletcher’s ...
Professional profile for Martin Travers an actor, voice-over, singer, drama teacher based in Stockport, England.
Jul 16, 2023 · Based on a nightly stop in Lanark from the detail of a tour of Scotland by Dorothy Wordsworth, in 1803, Travers’ new play, Secret Wrapped in Lead will premiere on July 19 and run until the July 29, in a limited tour – limited to Clydesdale that is.
Jan 30, 2020 · Whatever Happened to the Jaggy Nettles?, by Martin Travers is the first production by the WAC Ensemble, the Citizens Theatre's care experienced theatre company. Set in 1978 with unemployment and violence rife in Glasgow, the play follows the journey of seminal Scottish punk band, The Jaggy Nettles who, despite having fame within their reach ...
