‘I was a beautiful Day’ – Traverse Theatre

'I was a beautiful Day' - Traverse Theatre

'I Was a Beautiful Day' is the second full length play for the Traverse by Iain Finlay MacLeod. The touching story of a man, separated from his homeland for decades who keeps its memory alive through creating trinkets and telling stories. Dan Morrison has spent thirty years confined to Dunard mental hospital after suffering shell-shock whilst serving as a soldier in the second world war. Disowned by his family and all but forgotten back home on the Isle of Lewis, he spends his days recounting its old folk stories and creating sculptures of its landmarks from stones, grass and wood. Anne Williams is a cartographer, assigned by Ordnance Survey to map Lewis, and to learn about its history and the origins of its place names. She discovers Dan through his estranged nephew, Donald, and together they begin to recapture some of the island ’s history.

Date: 25/10/05
Start Time: 20:00:00
Venue: Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, TDC main hall
Audience Numbers: 97
Type: Theatre Adult