Pupils from five Edinburgh secondary schools - Craigroyston, Craigmount, Forrester, Broughton and the Royal High – will see their scripts brought to life at the Traverse Theatre this week by a company of professional actors led by Greg McHugh, best known to millions as Gary, Tank Commander.
CAREFULLY preserved in an unassuming handmade chest at the University of Rochester in upstate New York is a rare treasure, lovingly gifted from father to son. The gem is a book; pearls of polished poetry strung together by one of Scotland’s literary royals, Robert Burns. The owner of the book gained a wealth of inspiration from it. It was the first book he purchased after escaping slavery. He was none other than the abolitionist leader and social reformer Frederick Douglass, who passed on the treasure to his son, Lewis, in 1867. From the moment he turned its pages, Frederick Douglass cultivated not only an admiration for Burns, but for the writings of Sir Walter Scott, and a life-long affection for Scotland and the Scottish people.
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