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Judy Steel

JUDY STEEL  

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Judy Steel was born in Dollar and studied law at Edinburgh University. She has lived most of her adult life in the Ettrick Valley. From 1985  1991 she ran biennial arts festivals in the Scottish Borders and in 1987 founded the Rowan Tree Theatre Company which she continues to run. She has adapted many Scottish tales and fiction for the stage: from James Hogg, The Witches of Traquair; The Soldiers Tale and A Tale of the Martyrs; from John Buchan, Politics and the Mayfly, The Herd of Standlan. She is a published poet and journalist. Between 1990 and 1992 she and her husband David Steel restored Aikwood Tower in the Scottish Borders where they still live, and she has been his companion and colleague throughout his political career.

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 Journey Of Jeannie Deans, The         Willie Wastle

Journey Of Jeannie Deans, The

Judy Steel
Public and private issues collide dramatically in post-Union Edinburgh. Judy Steel's powerful re-telling of Scott's masterpiece 'The Heart of Midlothian' combines humour, passion and tension as Jeannie faces a dilemma to save her sister's life.

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1st Produced:
Tower Mill Theatre, Heart of Hawick, Hawick, Scotland    31 Jul 2007

Organisations:
Rowan Tree Theatre Company

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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  6            Other:  rioters

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Willie Wastle

Judy Steel
My researches at the time led me to discover, first, John Buchans early, Borderset, short stories, and also Wilsons Tales of the Borders. Amongst the latter, Willie Wastles Account of His Wife sprang from its dusty pages with a vivacity that belied its age. It was a riposte to Robert Burns popular song Willie Wastle dwalt on Tweed, composed at the Crook Inn in Tweedsmuir. In the song, the unfortunate wife of Willie is described by the national bard in terms that must be the most unflattering ever penned on a woman. Wilsons story was Willies defence of her. - Playwright

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Adapted from a story in Wilsons Tales of the Borders and of Scotland with songs mainly by Robert Burns

1st Produced:
Edinburgh Fringe Festival    Aug 1989

Organisations:
Rowan Tree Company

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  A cast of 1 actor playing 8 parts or 8 actors, singer and fiddler.

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