Writing & Poetry
2006 saw the publication of two magnificent titles in association with Burke's Peerage Books: Prestonpans History and The Murals Trail and Art Treasures of Prestonpans. In 2007 Graeme Cruickshank's excellent authoritative study of Prestonpans Pottery appeared.
The Editorial team led by Annemarie
Allan was responsible for the creation of 800 pages of local historical
research regularly published in
the Historical
Booklet Series now finally completed at Prestonpans History. The second is an art book containing all the murals in the town and much more as at June 2006. Both titles are available online here at The Shop Online button to the left.
Court Library
A referenced
library of Scottish and Baronial titles is held in the Court
at The Prestoungrange Gothenburg.
Robert Louis Stevenson's Catriona
In partnership with the Robert Louis Stevenson Club in Edinburgh, the scenes in Catriona that RLS penned telling of David Balfour's anguish and career ambitions surrounding the Appin Murder, have been captured as a play of four scenes edited by Annemarie Allan. They focus on his relationship with perhaps the most distinguished holder of the Barony of Prestoungrange, William Grant, Lord Prestoungrange, Lord Advocate in the years immediately following the unsuccessful 1745/ 1746 Campaign of Prince Charles Edward to regain the thrones of Scotland and of England for the Stuarts..
It was first performed on Barons' Day November 28th 2006, at Prestoungrange House, by the Meanwhile Players, the Arts Festival's resident theatre company.
The script with a narrative introduction by Ian Nimo is linked here: The 'Greening' of David Balfour
NEW POETRY IN THE PANS
John Lindsay, Bard and Poet Laureate to the Arts Festival
creates outstanding new verse for major Arts Festival and Baronial events.
THE PRESTONPANS 'WITCH CYCLE' OF PLAYS by Roy Pugh
When the 81 Witches of Prestonpans were pardoned by the Barons' Courts of Prestoungrange and Dolphinstoun in July 2004 the Courts declared that they should be remembered annually at The Caput. The Arts Festival resolved to accomplish this by inviting Roy Pugh to write for public presentation each Hallowe'en a cycle of three plays as follows:
- Witch! - by Roy Pugh [2005]
- The Cauldron - by Roy Pugh [2006]
- The Devil's Craft - by Roy Pugh [2007]
THE 'ARTS ARISING' ... from The Battle of Prestonpans 1745
In partnership with the Battle of Prestonpans 1745 Heritage Trust, the Arts Festival is creating a series of new 'Living History' works as well as collating and celebrating the inspirational flowering of the arts which Victory at Prestonpans by Prince Charles Edward September 21st 1745 inspired under the banner of ' Victory Hope & Ambition'. The first of these was a new pageant of poetry, theatre and written and narrated by Aberlady-born leading Scottish playwright Andrew Dallmeyer, premiered June 8th 2007 at Prestongrange Church:
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