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Liz Lochhead Hon FRSE (born 26 December 1947) is a Scottish poet, playwright, translator and broadcaster. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Between 2011 and 2016 she was the Makar , or National Poet of Scotland, [ 3 ] and served as Poet Laureate for Glasgow between 2005 and 2011.
Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off is a 1987 play by Liz Lochhead.It explores the relationship between Elizabeth I of England and Mary Stuart.It is primarily written to be from a female point of view, and is considered to be Lochhead's most successful and critically acclaimed play. [1]
The Makar or National Poet for Scotland is the national poet of Scotland.The current Makar is Pàdraig MacAoidh (Peter Mackay), who was appointed in December 2024. Holders of the post are appointed by the Scottish Government and supported by the Scottish Poetry Library, which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2024.
Lochhead is a surname shared by several notable people, ... Liz Lochhead (born 1947), Scottish poet and playwright; Matty Lochhead (1884–1964), Scottish footballer;
Morton is a character in Liz Lochhead's play Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off. Nigel Tranter's novel Lord and Master (originally called The Master of Gray, the first part of a trilogy of that name) includes an account of Morton's fall from power and his execution.
The Scottish playwright Liz Lochhead explored the relationship between Elizabeth I and Mary Stuart in her play Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off. Mary's imprisonment and trial are the subject of the play (in verse) The Lifeblood by poet Glyn Maxwell. Maria Stuart – Königin der Schotten (Waldau Theater Bremen)
Years before Windham Hill released her landmark 1983 solo piano debut, Solid Colors, Liz Story was also on the hunt for something she hadn’t yet heard. Having studied and performed classical ...
In March 2016, Kay was announced as the next Scots Makar (national poet of Scotland), succeeding Liz Lochhead, whose tenure ended in January 2016. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2006 Birthday Honours for services to literature, and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the ...