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Meg's Tale

The Stanley Baxter PlayhouseSeries 6
Episode 3 of 3

The real story of Robert Burns' Tam O'Shanter - from the viewpoint of a horse and a barmaid. With Maureen Beattie. From 2014.

How Robert Burns discovered the real story of Tam O'Shanter's big night out at Alloway Kirk.

Revealed from the point of view of a young barmaid called Norah and her Aunty Meg, who finds herself the victim of a spell malfunction, becoming the horse whom Burns made famous in Tam O'Shanter.

Murdo Fletcher ...... Stanley Baxter
John Knox ...... Stuart McQuarrie
Mary Queen of Scots ...... Tracy Wiles
Chronicler ...... Hugh Ross

Other parts played by the cast.

Written by Rona Munro.

Director: Marilyn Imrie

A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2014.

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 5 Jul 201905:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Credits

BurnsStanley Baxter
MegMaureen Beattie
NorahTracy Wiles
TamStuart McQuarrie
WriterRona Munro
DirectorMarilyn Imrie
ProducerCatherine Bailey

Broadcasts

  • Fri 18 Jul 201411:30
    BBC Radio 4 FM
  • Tue 12 Sep 201723:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Thu 4 Jul 201907:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 4 Jul 201917:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 5 Jul 201905:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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