The Scottish Play (Graham Holliday play)

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The Scottish Play is a play written by Graham Holliday.

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Synopsis

Michael, one of the better actors of amateur theatre society The Shellfoot Thespians, has always had this dream of putting Shakespeare's Scottish Play onto the stage. Having found an empty slot in the acting schedule of that year and having convinced the rather influential diva member of the society, Michael starts the auditions for Shakespeare's most cursed play - a play of which the name should not even be mentioned. When his wife and his best friend are cast in the leading parts, the problems start to surface. The question is whether this is caused by his own stubborn desire to realise this unfulfilled dream or by the curse that has surrounded this play ever since it was first quilled down by the Bard. Regardless of all the problems the play causes at home and at work - Michael doesn't seem to be able to separate his work from his directing - he sticks to his plans. His production being sabotaged by a self-proclaimed would-be leading lady, and only being supported to the full by his set designer and technician, Michael obliviously pursues his goal until the end...