Liz Lochhead's Mary Queen of Scots got her head chopped off
McCulloch, Margery Palmer2000
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Place reservation for Liz Lochhead's Mary Queen of Scots got her head chopped offThe 'Scotnotes' series is a collection of study guides on major Scottish writers and literary texts. This volume looks at Liz Lochhead's 'Mary Queen of Scots got her Head Chopped Off'. This is the best-known and most critically acclaimed of Liz Lochhead's plays. Dramatising the religious and political history of Scotland from a particularly female point of view, it remains popular with audiences and with the author herself, who sees the work as "a metaphor for the Scots today". Margery Palmer McCulloch's SCOTNOTE study guide provides a background to the history and to the dramatic presentation, as well as giving an overview of the modern context of Lochhead's play, for senior school pupils and students at all levels.
Main title:
Liz Lochhead's Mary Queen of Scots got her head chopped off / Margery Palmer McCulloch.
Imprint:
Glasgow : Association for Scottish Literary Studies, 2000.
Collation:
51 pages ; 21 cm.
Series title:
Scotnotes ; no. 16
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 50-51).
Audience:
Specialized.sym; syu.
ISBN:
9780948877391 (pbk)0948877391 (pbk)
Dewey class:
822.9'14822.914822
Local class:
822.91822LOC822 LOC
Language:
English
Index terms:
EnglishLiz LochheadScottish literatureStudy guidesPlaysScotland
BRN:
730466
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