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Hector

Hector

Scottish national hero or scandalous predator? Based on new and extensive research Hector tells the true story of ‘Fighting Mac’, Sir Hector Macdonald, and is an exploration of the elitist English class system, the poisonous influence of rumour and gossip and the devastating power of the global press.
Rising from humble beginnings through the ranks of the British Army, to become a knight of the realm, hero of the Battle of Omdurman and Queen Victoria’s favourite general. A Scottish hero.
Allegations of scandalous liaisons surface and MacDonald is forced to return home. But was he guilty? Or was he the victim of a plot fabricated by an English Establishment to remove a Gaelic-speaking upstart who got above himself?
More information on this production is available at www.edlittlewood.com.

The critical consensus

As complex as MacDonald undoubtedly was, this remains a damning indictment of a grand conspiracy that seems to course through the uglier manifestations of the British establishment's blood.

***(*)(*)Neil Cooper, Coffee-Table Notes, 26/10/2015

Eloquent and interesting.

***(*)(*)Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman, 26/10/2015

Everything in Hector is well orchestrated, like a well-oiled machine. Dynamic, eventful and utterly enthralling.

*****Detelina Garbatova, TVBomb, 27/10/2015

Ultimately, however, the play is a poignant and powerful insight into how MacDonald was brought down, and ultimately killed, by a scandal rooted in snobbery and bigotry.

Mark Brown, Scottish Stage, 02/11/2015

The service of thanksgiving and remembrance for his life still celebrated annually in his birth place Mulbuie and his statue in Dingwall serve an indictment of his treatment. Hector does the same.

***(*)(*)Irene Brown, Edinburgh Guide, 12/11/2015

For all the play’s omissions, it remains a compelling, and at times rather chilling portrayal of establishment forces closing ranks against an outsider. Thanks to Gooderson and others, the tragic tale of Hector MacDonald looks unlikely to be shut away in the file marked “case closed” any time soon.

***(*)(*)Allan Radcliffe, 13/11/2015

Where and when?

On Tour, from Wednesday October 21, 2015, until Thursday November 12, 2015.

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