Delve into the golden era of Scottish national theatre as seen through the eyes of Sir Walter Scott's favourite comedian - Charles Mackay.
Author Helen Graham will be visiting Strathnaver Museum to talk about her debut novel 'The Real Mackay'. Based on the life of her ancestor Charles Mackay, 'the finest Scottish comedian of the 19th century', delve into the golden era of Scottish national drama.
Night after night jostling crowds clamour for entry to Edinburgh's Theatre Royal with one name on their lips: the Real Mackay. But who is he? The answer leaps off the page in this meticulously researched historical novel which plunges the reader into the golden era of Scottish national theatre, through the eyes of Charles Mackay and his family. Walter Scott's favourite comedian dazzles and delights packed audiences across nineteenth-century Scotland for decades, bringing laughter to thousands, including the king. But behind his hilarious stage antics is a man grieving for the women he loses, all of them dying tragically young - his mother, his wife, his daughter. in the grip of unstoppable momentum, his extraordinary popularity casting long shadows over those he loves, will he be forced to choose between fame and family?
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01641 521 418
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