To celebrate 50 years of the Scottish Society of Playwrights, in 2024 ten Fellowships Awards, were granted to innovative, inspiring, boundary-stretching projects that honoured, celebrated and promoted playwriting in Scotland. Supported by The National Lottery through Creative Scotland.
About Fergus
Fergus Morgan is a freelance arts journalist specialising in theatre. He is The Stage’s Scotland correspondent and has contributed to The Financial Times, The Evening Standard, The Independent, The Scotsman, TimeOut, Vice and other publications. He also publishes The Crush Bar, the UK’s leading Substack newsletter dedicated to theatre.
The Project
A History of Scottish Drama In Six Plays is a new podcast series written and produced by journalist and critic Fergus Morgan, charting the evolution of Scottish drama from the sixteenth century to the present day.
Fergus’ project was developed in partnership with Bespoken Media and the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh.
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SSP@50 Fellowship Awards
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Elspeth Turner: Teud A’ Briseadh / A Breaking String
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Fergus Morgan: A History of Scottish Drama In Six Plays
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Jack Dickson: Off the Rails / Back on Track
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Jack MacGregor: Faultlines
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Kathy McKean: Archive Project
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Martin Travers: Crown of Straw
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May Sumbwanyambe: A Play investigating Chartism, Women’s Rights, Abolitionism and the Free Church in 1840’s Glasgow
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Michael John O’Neill: Interregnum (Working Title)
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Morna Young: No Ladies
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Rachael McGill: Stromness Plays