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Article: MacPherson does love a good rant

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Evening News - Scotland
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October 16, 2009
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'HE TOOK his fiddle in tae baith o' his hands

An he brak' it ower a stane

Says no anither shall play on thee

When I am deid an' gane'

SCOTLAND'S year of homecoming may be drawing to a close but there is still no escaping Rabbie Burns.

The latest addition to the volumes of biographies and theatrical celebrations of the Ayrshire Bard produced to mark the 250th anniversary of his birth is a 'brand new, original Scottish musical' called MacPhersons [sic] Rant.

Inspired by the Burns' song also known as Macpherson's Lament, the musical, which is set in Banff, against the backdrop of the Jacobite Rebellion, receives its world premiere at the Church Hill Theatre, next Tuesday.

The musical ...

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