The Silver Darlings
From: Thursday, 5th August 2010
To: Sunday, 29 August 2010
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Synopsis
An epic adventure story, and one of the best loved Scottish novels of the 20thCentury. Set in the early days of the herring fisheries around the Scottish coast, The Silver Darlings combines human emotion with stormy dangerous seas
Our Review:
Keith Paterson - 10 August 2010
Neil Gunn's great Scottish novel, adapted by Peter Arnott, is a rites of passage story of the boy, Finn and his mother, Catrine, who has been left to bring him up. It also takes on the bigger theme of a community driven by economic necessity and the tragic injustice of the Highland clearances to earn a living from an inhospitable, harsh sea. There is heart-breaking and familiar tension as Catrine copes with her boy becoming a man and her fears that he will be taken from her like his father before.
The handsomely staged production, directed by Kenny Ireland, is vibrant and atmospheric. A terrific ensemble cast act as Greek chorus with strong performances from Lesley Hart and Duncan Anderson, as mother and son.
The truncation of the epic tale sometimes results in a less than subtle approach to character development. However, The Silver Darlings is good, popular and old-fashione...
Latest User Review
The Wallace family - 16 August 2010:
Four of us saw the 2.40 PM show on Saturday 14th. It was excellent. All the cast played their parts really well and the set changes were great too. Recommended as a 'must see'. ...
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Neil Gunn (Book)
Peter Arnott (Adaptation)
Assembly (Producer)
Aberdeen Performing Arts (Producer)
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