ALBERT MACKIE   (1904 - 1985)


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Plays by Albert Mackie

ALBERT MACKIE
Festival City
1st Produced:
Gateway Theatre, Edinburgh Festival
1952
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Genre:
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Comedy
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Notes:
National Library of Scotland ref: Gateway - Acc.5086/21
Synopsis:
It takes place in an Edinburgh boarding house during the Festival. The visitors staying in the boarding house for the Festival are a young Frenchwoman (Nora Laidlaw), a young American (Marion Mathie), her widowed aunt (Margaret Gordon). Also in residence is Scots poet who takes himself very seriously (Archie Duncan) and the widowed landlady (Molly Urquart). A taxi driver (John Young) and a plumber (Rikki Foulton) complete the cast. The plot revolves around a comic clash of cultures, particularly between the Scots poet, who takes himself and his poetry very seriously, and the plumber who proves to have a ready wit and rhyming ability that is more than a match for the conceited bard. Rikki Foulton's acclaimed performance in the role of the plumber launched his career as a comic actor.
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ALBERT MACKIE
Gentle Like A Dove
1st Produced:
Gateway Theatre, Edinburgh
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1st Published:
Oliver & Boyd,
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Genre:
War Drama
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Parts:
Male
4
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3
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ALBERT MACKIE
Hame
1st Produced:
Gateway Theatre, Edinburgh
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Genre:
Scottish Comedy, 3 acts
Comedy
Parts:
Male
4
Female
5
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Notes:
Set in the kitchen living-room of the MacNories in an Edinburgh tenement. The MacNories are a respectable working-class family and the dialogue is mainly in Scots. National Library of Scotland ref: Gateway - Acc.5086/29
Synopsis:
Elsie and Pete are making arrangements for their imminent marriage. Jack has recently returned from a venture in Jamaica 'for the good of his health'. Janet calls, on the pretext of returning a book, as Bob and May are about to go out on a date. As the family dynamics unfold it becomes apparent that Sara's ambitions for her family exclude May as a match for her graduate son Bob, and Jack, whatever his failings, is the 'blue eyed boy'. The sibling rivalry between Jack and Bob surfaces as Jack's criminal activities at home and abroad come to light. Elsie's marriage plans are scuppered. Bob refuses to join the rest of the family in their efforts to keep Jack out of jail but Janet takes a shine to the wayward son. From her privileged position as 'family' Chattie's comments provide comic relief, as does Jim's quotation of the works of Robert Burns on any pretext. It all works out in the end.
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ALBERT MACKIE
Hogmanay Story
1st Produced:
Gateway Theatre, Edinburgh
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Genre:
Scottish Comedy
Comedy
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ALBERT MACKIE
MacHattie's Hotel
1st Produced:
Gateway Theatre, Edinburgh
1956
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Genre:
Scottish Comedy
Comedy
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Notes:
National Library of Scotland ref: Gateway - Acc.5086/48
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ALBERT MACKIE
Sheena
1st Produced:
Gateway Theatre, Edinburgh
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Genre:
contemporary romantic comedy, 3 acts
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Parts:
Male
5
Female
4
Parts Other:
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Notes:
It takes place in Chapman's Court, off the Royal Mile in Edinburgh (a run down area of the town at that time). National Library of Scotland ref: Gateway - Acc.5086/68
Synopsis:
The play opens with the American artist sitting on a waste food bin in the old courtyard sketching the dilapidated grandeur around him. The antiquarian's shop has its rear entrance onto the court. The impoverished Lennys live up a stairway in the court. Sandy Boswell, a local hooligan, is keen on Sheena but she despises him although her brother Johnnie admires him. Sheena strikes up acquaintance with the artist but the course of true love never does run smoothly. The better educated Elspeth charms the American with her arty talk. The decent young motor mechanic, Willie, does his best to persuade Sheen that she is better off with him. Young Johnnie robs the antiquarian's shop to impress his hero Sandy, who then threatens to blow the whistle on him unless Sheena does what he wants. Of course it is a romantic comedy so it all works out happily in the end, except for the villain Sandy Boswell.
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