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So Great a Crime David Gooderson

So Great a Crime By David Gooderson

So Great a Crime by David Gooderson


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Summary

A thrilling and tragic play about an unsolved historical mystery, which asks whether a heroic Scottish General was smeared in a plot by the English establishment.

So Great a Crime Summary

So Great a Crime by David Gooderson

Well-loved national hero, or predatory paedophile? So Great a Crime tells the true story of "Fighting Mac" Sir Hector MacDonald who rose from humble beginnings as a crofter's son through the ranks of the British Army to become a knight of the realm, hero of the Battle of Omdurman and Queen Victorias favourite general. His active soldiering days over, he was appointed General Officer Commanding in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka),but soon finds himself in conflict with the high born elite who run the colony. Allegations of liaisons with young boys surface and MacDonald is forced to return home. Rather than face acourt martial, he shoots himself in a Paris hotel. But was he guilty? Or was he the victim of a plot fabricated by an English Establishment, motivated by jealousy and snobbery, at a Gaelic-speaking upstart who got above himself? A fascinating journey into an unsolved historical mystery...

So Great a Crime Reviews

"a tragic thriller full of contemporary resonances - A brilliant polemic against our cruel desire to prejudge sexual scandals - Some bright young button at the BBC should scoot along to the Finborough and snap up this script.' - Spectator 'intense and thought-provoking' - UK Theatre Network"

About David Gooderson

Playwright and director David Gooderson is also an actor best known for his television work, which includes Davros in Dr. Who. His writing includes The Killing of Mr. Toad, four plays broadcast on Radio 4, and five plays for children all produced at Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park.

Additional information

GOR007646913
9781849433976
1849433976
So Great a Crime by David Gooderson
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2013-01-01
84
N/A
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