Clay, Smeddum and Greenden

Trilogy of one-act plays based on short stories by Lewis Grassic Gibbon. ‘Clay’ is the story of a men who neglects his wife in favour of his land. ‘Smeddum’ is the story of a matriarch’s attempt to control her brood. ‘Greenden’ is the story of a city woman moving to the country with her husband.

Genre : DramaTV Movie

Runtime : 86 mins

Release Date : 1976-02-24

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If you've read his "Sunset Song" trilogy, then you'll know that the devil was always in the detail with Lewis Grassic Gibbon and so trying to squish three short stories into ninety minutes here was always going to mean much of that detail was going under the cart. It's a story about a rural Scottis...

Cast

Gerda Stevenson

(Rachel Galt)

Victor Carin

(Rob Galt)

Leonard Maguire

(Old Galt)

Anne Kristen

(Mrs. Galt)

Eileen McCallum

(Meg Menzies)

Fulton Mackay

(Alec Webster)

Bill Fraser

(Murdoch)

Joan Fitzpatrick

(Mrs. Murdoch)

Bill Gavin

(Doctor)

Robert Trotter

(Will Menzies)

Paul Kelly

(Dod Menzies)

Angus Lennie

(Minister)

Pauline Rae

(Kathie Menzies (as a child))

Ruth Murray

(Jeannie Menzies (as a child))

Neal Fidelo

(Jim Menzies (as a child))

Billy Riddoch

(Jock Menzies)

Maev Alexander

(Kathie Menzies)

Terry Cavers

(Ag Grant)

Paul Young

(John Robb)

Fiona Knowles

(Jeannie Menzies)

Graeme Greenowe

(Jim Menzies)

Denis Agnew

(Clerk from Brechin)

Claire Nielson

(Ellen Simpson)

Brian Cox

(George Simpson)

Isobel Gardner

(Jeannie Murdoch)