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The Folksong Flyting

  • The Saltire Society 9 Fountain Close 22 High Street Edinburgh EH1 1TF (map)

Part of the Saltire Society Festival Programme 2019. For the full programme, please visit the Saltire Society event page here.

A reenactment of the Folksong Flyting, a battle of wits and pens between Hamish Henderson and Hugh McDiarmid which played out accross the pages of the Scotsman in the 1960s.

Performed by:

ALAN RIACH as HUGH MACDIARMID

DAVID FRANCIS as HAMISH HENDERSON

ALEC FINDLAY as DAVID CRAIG and ALAN YOUNG

Tickets are £10 for non-members/discounted for Saltire Society members, and are available from the event page here.