Name/TitleProgramme: Deeds Not Words
About this objectGlossy programme for 'Deeds Not Words', a play written by Toria Banks and directed by Muriel Ann Macleod, with new music and song by Mary Ann Kennedy. Presented by Rural Nations Scotland CIC, the play tells the story of remarkable Hebridean women in the struggle for equality and the vote. The programme cover design is by Alexandra Stuart-Hutcheson and the contents are as follows:
- Introduction
- Challenges of the Play by Toria Banks
- Alan Cumming: Scottish Women's Hospital
- Harris Voting Record
- Museum Nan Eilean Archive Collection
- Stornoway 1911-1918
- Extracts from The Instructor
- Timeline & Stories
- Cast & Crew
- Dewar Report
- Local Business Sponsors and Thanks
Fully digitised (20 pages)
MakerRural Nations (Scotland) CIC
Maker RoleProducer
Date Made2018
Period2010s
Place MadeScotland, Isle of Lewis
Place NotesRural Nations Scotland CIC, 1 Quay Street, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, HS1 2XX
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
MeasurementsH: 368 x W: 255 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsDrama, theatre
Subject and Association KeywordsScottish Highlands & Islands
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's suffrage
Subject and Association KeywordsEqual rights
Subject and Association KeywordsScottish Women's Hospitals
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://www.ruralnations.com/deeds-not-words:
Deeds not Words is a new Hebridean play produced in the Isle of Lewis by Rural Nations Scotland CIC in partnership with An Lanntair. The play toured rural venues across the Outer Hebrides in February 2018. The play has been written by London based playwright Toria Banks based on brand new research into the role of Hebridean women in the suffrage movement.
The play presents the surprising narratives of several Hebridean women taking us out of Lewis to Serbia and back again to St Kilda featuring familiar places and names but telling some astounding, unheard of stories of bravery and resourcefulness that are anything but old fashioned. Focusing on stories of local woman including Helen MacDougal from Barvas, the Stornoway suffrage society and the herring gutters who took up the call of the munitions factories. The bilingual play was directed by Muriel Ann Macleod who through the project hoped to make a piece of theatre for Island women, to encourage and inspire women today to engage with political and local representation and take action in their own communities. Both English and Gaelic language and song combine with newly created and archive audio visual elements to tell these remarkable true stories.
A small cast of three Hebridean and Scottish actresses took on the variety of roles played out with a new Gaelic song and music commission from Mary Ann Kennedy and an almost entirely female production team. Deeds not Words evokes valiantly the 100th year of women's suffrage in 2018.
The play received funding from the Scottish Government, CNES, Bòrd na Gàidhlig, Point and Sandwick Trusts and LEADER as well as being supported through local contributors and sponsorship from 17 local businesses. The opening night of Deeds Not Words took place at An Lanntair arts centre in Stornoway on the 15th February 2018.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeProgramme
Object numberGWL-2022-95
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved