jcurrie58-1

Although this film is lovely to look at, I found all the stage Irishness a trifle overdone. (and I'm a Celt too). Maureen O'Hara looked lovely, but I found the scene where Wayne drags her from the station very misogynistic. I would also like to correct some of the facts mentioned elsewhere on this Board. John Ford was born in Maine, not Ireland and Victor McLachlan was born in England and was of Scottish descent. I don't know about Ward Bond, but I suspect he was born in the USA.

On a trivia note: I Googled Maurice Walsh, the author, and found out that he was a Customs and Excise Officer and worked in Scotland at one time. In fact his wife was Scottish. They lived in Dufftown, Banffshire and their children were born there, although the family moved to Ireland after independence. Dufftown is a distillery town, so no doubt Walsh was kept busy in his job!

I watched this play last night on BBC4 and must say I found it disappointing, mainly due to the inability of the mostly Glasgow based actors to totally master the Doric accent. ? It was also disconcerting that the female actresses weren't wearing any eye make up, which made their features disappear. Maybe the director was aiming for authenticity as women in the farming community at the time wouldn't be wearing make up, but a little eye make up would have been better, My family came from Aberdeenshire so I am totally familiar with the Doric accent' Nice to see a young Brian Cox in the final play, though.