No Great Mischief

The long history of the Clan MacDonald begins in 1779 as Calum Ruadh leaves Scotland to begin a new life on Cape Breton Island. Haunted by the stories and songs of the ancestry, two brothers seek to reconcile their past with their present. From the writer of Glenn and Inexpressible Island (Scirocco Drama) comes this adaptation from the award–winning novel by Alistair MacLeod.

The long history of the Clan MacDonald begins in 1779 as Calum Ruadh leaves Scotland to begin a new life on Cape Breton Island. Haunted by the stories and songs of the ancestry, two brothers seek to reconcile their past with their present. From the writer of Glenn and Inexpressible Island (Scirocco Drama) comes this adaptation from the award–winning novel by Alistair MacLeod.

David Young is best known for his plays Glenn (Stratford Festival, 1999) and Inexpressible Island. His other plays (with Paul LeDoux) include Fire and Love Is Strange. David is the author of two novels and has written extensively for radio, television, and film. In a former life, he was President of the Coach House Press for ten years.