John Cairney

"One word for this boy - astonishing! He will go far..."
  • Daily Express, 1953

Well he couldn't have gone further than he did when he emigrated from Scotland to New Zealand in 1991, then de-emigrated in 2008 to Glasgow’s South Side - just three miles from where he was originally brought up in Parkhead. And all that after more than a dozen Round-the-World tours. But wherever he is in the world, John Cairney, actor, writer and raconteur par excellence is never more at home than when he is on a stage talking to an audience.

His audience is mainly Scots, and those who wish they were Scots, but he believes that once the lights go down we're a Jock Tamson's bairns' and nationality means nothing in the dark. An audience is an audience anywhere. As a solo performer he falls in love with his audience every night, and to win them he must woo them with words.

"A Scots Prince of Denmark - One hesitates at this stage to add paint to Mr Cairney's gilded Hamlet... No need for apologia. This Hamlet, in flesh, blood, soul and brain, and crucifying, emotional torment, gloriously lives..."

  • Scottish Field, 1960

In a career that has spanned more than half a century, John Cairney has performed on every kind of stage from London's West End to the garden room of a millionaire's home in Texas, and before every kind of audience from Britain's royal family to a hall full of shipyard workers out on strike in Glasgow. He has worked as actor, recitalist, lecturer, director and theatre consultant, been published as an author and, most recently, exhibited as a painter.

"John Cairney gives a fine, stirring, totally sympathetic performance as Cyrano, coping easily, not just with the flashy bits, but also in a tender way with the great man's passion for Roxanne - a splendid job."

  • Guardian, 1974

John Cairney, however, is, above everything else, an enthusiast and carries this enthusiasm into everything he does. His work reflects the freedom he has felt throughout fifty full, unbroken years as his own man in every arm of performance in all media. Trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama as a classical actor and singer with a natural tenor voice, he had early opportunities to sing in opera or join the Royal Shakespeare Company or the National Theatre, but he elected to go solo and has never regretted it.

"As Macbeth, John Cairney is stupendous."

  • Glasgow Herald, 1989

This has allowed him to travel around the world regularly and to shape his life as he wanted and not as a conventional career might have demanded. Now, after a full and rewarding career of his own making, he is ready to put a lifetime of theatre knowledge and experience at your disposal.

"Connaissez-vous Robert Burns? Connaissez-vous John Cairney? Si, ne manquez pas. 'There Was A Man'...En Revenche, je n'ai que des louanges distribuer a John Cairney...Quel acteur prodigieux de naturel - quel variete dans l'expression- dans le voix, dans le geste! Il incarne le poet Ecossais."

  • Geneve Soir 1965

Companies

  • Formed his own company, Shanter Productions, in 1969 to present his own solos around the world and in 1978 to extend this as Two for a Theatre with Alannah O'Sullivan.
  • Formed John Cairney & Company Ltd and The Burns Musical Company Ltd to produce the Burns Musical for Glasgow 1988 and 1990.
  • Formed The Pennyfarthing Partnership with Alannah O'Sullivan in New Zealand in 1991. Formed John Cairney Ltd with Alannah O’Sullivan in Scotland 2009


John Cairney - Biography


John Cairney made his stage debut at the Park Theatre, Glasgow, before enrolling at the RSAMD in Glasgow. After graduation, he joined the Wilson Barrett Company as Snake in 'The School for Scanda'l. A season at the Glasgow Citizens’ Theatre followed before going on to the Bristol Old Vic where he appeared in the British premiere of Arthur Miller’s 'The Crucible'. He returned to the Citizens from time to time, most notably as Hamlet in 1960. He also appeared in the premiere of John Arden’s 'Armstrong’s Last Goodnight' in 1964. Other stage work until 1991 included King Humanitie in 'The Thrie Estaite' for Tyrone Guthrie at the Edinburgh Festival, Archie Rice in 'The Entertainer' at Dundee (1972), Cyrano in 'Cyrano de Bergerac' at Newcastle (1974), Becket in 'Murder in the Cathedral' at the Edinburgh Festival of 1986 and Macbeth in 'Macbeth' in the same Festival in 1989. He also wrote and appeared in his own productions of 'An Edinburgh Salon', 'At Your Service', 'The Ivor Novello Story' and 'A Mackintosh Experience' while continuing to tour the world in his solo 'The Robert Burns Story'.

His association with Burns began in 1965 with Tom Wright’s solo play 'There Was A Man' at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, and at the Arts Theatre, London. The solo was televised twice nationally and was also an album recording for REL Records, Edinburgh, as well as a video for Green Place Productions, Glasgow. From Burns he moved on to other solos on William McGonagall, Robert Service and Robert Louis Stevenson until he worked with New Zealand actress, Alannah O’Sullivan at the Edinburgh Festival of 1978. They married in 1980. As Two For A Theatre they toured the world for P&O Cruises and the British Council as well as the Keedick Lecture Bureau, New York, with programmes on Byron, Wilde and Dorothy Parker until 1986.

Cairney’s first film was 'Ill Met by Moonlight' for the Rank Organisation, followed by 'Windom’s Way', 'Victim', 'Shake Hands with the Devil' and many more including' Jason and the Argonauts' and 'Cleopatra', 'Devil Ship Pirates' and 'Study in Terror' in 1965. His many television parts include Branwell Bronte, Edgar Allan Poe and Robert Bruce and he has featured in all the main series: 'Danger Man', 'The Avengers', Dr Finlay’s Casebook', 'Elizabeth R', 'Jackanory', 'Taggart' etc. He also starred in BBC2’s 'This Man Craig' which ran for two years between 1966/68. In addition, he wrote and recorded his own songs for EMI at Abbey Road.

As a writer, Cairney has to date published two autobiographies and a novel, 'Worlds Apart' as well as 'A Scottish Football Hall of Fame' and' Heroes Are Forever' for Mainstream Publishing (Edinburgh) and 'A Year Out In New Zealand' for Tandem Press, NZ. He wrote three Burns books for Luath Press in Edinburgh as well as biographies of R.L.Stevenson and C.R. Mackintosh and a book of essays on Glasgow entitled 'Glasgow by the way, but'. His second novel, 'Flashback Forward', was published by Random House, NZ, and his book on the mystique on acting is about to be published by Luath Press.

Dr Cairney gained an M.Litt from Glasgow University for a History of Solo Theatre in 1988 and, in 1994, a PhD from Victoria University, Wellington, for his study of Stevenson and Theatre.

If I Had My Life To Live Over - by John Cairney


'If I had my life to live over
I'd live it
Not give it
Up to safety
And the sensible way.

I'd make more mistakes
Take more chances
Make sure my troubles were real
And not imagined
They would then be worth the bother.

I would try for more 'moments',
As many as I could,
And I would
In every fresh day
Cherish the new
Instead of always trying to explain the old.

I would be bold,
Never dread what lay ahead
But take it as it comes
Good or bad - and be glad.

I would sing more loudly,
Dance more abandonedly,
Love less guiltily,
Sleep more soundly,
Waken optimistically.

If I had my life to live over,
I would live it
Right up to the last gasp
Which would not be a sigh
But a 'Hallelujah!'.



'Copyright: John Cairney, 1977


SCREENOGRAPHY & PERFORMANCE CREDITS

Film and Television Performances


(TV represented in inverted commas, Films - no inverted commas)
1999
“The Nightmare Man” (1999) (TV) .... Trapper - Communicado
1998
“The Chosen” (1998) (TV) .... Father Hennessey - Communicado
1997
Memory and Desire (1997) .... Marriage Celebrant - Owen Hughes
1995
“Plainclothes” .... Cameron Rose (1 episode, 1995) – South Pacific Pictures
“Mysterious Island”.... Captain Nemo/ (1 episode, 1995) – Tasman/ South Pacific Pictures
- The Visitor (1995) TV episode .... Captain Nemo/Sebastian Nile – Tasman/SPP
“High Tide” .... Mr Daye/ (2 episodes, 1994-1995) – Isambard Productions
 - The Runaways (1995) TV episode.... Mr Daye – Isambard Productions
- To Catch a Thief (1994) TV episode .... Hans Reuter – Isambard Productions
“Riding High”.... Harry (65 episodes, 1995-1996) – South Pacific Pictures
  • Episode #1.6 (1995) TV episode .... Harry – South Pacific Pictures
  • Episode #1.5 (1995) TV episode .... Harry – South Pacific Pictures
  • Episode #1.4 (1995) TV episode .... Harry – South Pacific Pictures
  • Episode #1.3 (1995) TV episode .... Harry – South Pacific Pictures
  • Episode #1.2 (1995) TV episode .... Harry – South Pacific Pictures
  • (More)
1994
“Marlin Bay” .... Henry Duggan (1 episode, 1994) – South Pacific Pictures
1993
“White Fang”.... Grandfather Scott (1 episode, 1993) – Atlantis/South Pacific Pictures
“Moonacre” (1993) TV mini-series .... Gatekeeper – Edinburgh Films
1992
“Shark in the Park”.... Tony Porteous (1 episode, 1992) - TVNZ
- Et Tu Brute (1992) TV episode .... Tony Porteous - TVNZ
“The Torch” (1992) TV mini-series .... Guardian – Edinburgh Films
1990
“Silent Mouse” (1990) TV mini-series .... Father Ambrosius – Edinburgh Films
1986
Brond (1986) .... Lawyer – Jam Jar/Channel Four
“Taggart” .... Robert Russell (1 episode, 1986) – STV Glasgow
- Death Call (1986) TV episode .... Robert Russell – STV Glasgow
1979
“Henry IV Part 1” (1979) (TV) .... Archibald, Earl of Douglas – BBC London
“Two For A Show” (1979) .... Actor – Border TV, Carlisle
“Take the High Road” (1979).... Ryder – STV Glasgow (Pilot)
1978
“The Robert Burns Story” (1978) (TV) .... Robert Burns – Border TV
1977
“Mackintosh” (1977) (TV) .... Charles Rennie Mackintosh – STV Glasgow
“The Ivor Novello Story” (1977) (TV) .... Ivor Novello – STV Glasgow
“McGonagall” (1977) (TV) .... William McGonagall – STV Glasgow
1975
“Churchill’s People” .... Steward of Scotland (1 episode, 1975) – BBC London
- The Wallace (1975) TV episode .... Steward of Scotland - BBC London
The Great Mill Race (1975) .... Managing Director – Edinburgh Films
1974
“Special Branch”.... Lister (1 episode, 1974) – Euston Films
- Diversion” (1974) TV episode .... Lister – Euston Films
1973
“Scotch on the Rocks” .... John Mackie (5 episodes, 1973) – BBC Glasgow
- Phase 5 (1973) TV episode .... John Mackie – BBC Glasgow
- Phase 4 (1973) TV episode .... John Mackie – BBC Glasgow
- Phase 3 (1973) TV episode .... John Mackie – BBC Glasgow
- Phase 2 (1973) TV episode .... John Mackie – BBC Glasgow
- Phase 1 (1973) TV episode .... John Mackie – BBC Glasgow
“Season for Miracles” .... Holder (1 episode, 1973) – STV Glasgow v1972 “
The Persuaders”.... Jenkins Brothers {Twins}(1 episode, 1972)
- Someone Waiting (1972) TV episode .... Jenkins Brothers {Twins}
1971
“Elizabeth R” .... Sir James Melville (1 episode, 1971) – BBC London
- The Marriage Game (1971) TV episode .... Sir James Melville – BBC London
“Jackanory” .... Storyteller (5 episodes, 1971) – BBC London
- Haki, the Shetland Pony: Fire! Fire! (1971) TV episode ..... Storyteller
- Haki, the Shetland Pony: First Performance! (1971) TV episode ..... Storyteller
- Haki, the Shetland Pony: Adam leaves Shetland (1971)TV episode ..... Storyteller
- Haki, the Shetland Pony: The Pony Show (1971) TV episode .... Storyteller
- Haki, the Shetland Pony: The Colt is Born .... (1971) TV episode ..... Storyteller
“Jamie” (1971) TV series (13 episodes) .... Robert, the Bruce – ITV London
1969
“ITV Playhouse” .... John (1 episode, 1969) – ITV London
- Mixed Foursome (1969) TV episode .... John – ITV London
“The Avengers”.... Firth (1 episode, 1969) – ITV London
- Requiem (1969) TV episode .... Firth – ITV London
“ITV Saturday Night Theatre” .... Robert Burns (1 episode, 1969) – ITV London
Aka ITV Sunday Night Theatre (UK) – ITV London
- My Bonnie Jean (1969) TV episode .... Robert Burns - ITV London
1968
“Burns”.... Robert Burns (6 episodes, 1968) – STV Glasgow
- Episode 1: My Father Was A Farmer (1968) TV episode .... Robt Burns – STV Glasgow
- Episode 2: Green Grow the Rashes O (1968) TV episode .... Robt Burns – STV Glasgow
- Episode 3: The Jolly Beggars (1968) TV episode .... Robert Burns – STV Glasgow
- Episode 4: Scotia’s Darling (1968) TV episode .... Robert Burns – STV Glasgow
- Episode 5: Of A’ The Airts (1968) TV episode .... Robert Burns – STV Glasgow
- Episode 6: The Cauld Blast (1968) TV episode .... Robert Burns – STV Glasgow
1967
“Man in a Suitcase”.... Peters (1 episode, 1967)
- Essay in Evil .... (1967) TV episode ....Peters
“This Man Craig” .... Ian Craig (52 episodes, 1966-1967) – BBC Glasgow
- Two by Two (1967) TV episode .... Ian Craig – BBC Glasgow
- The Moffat Foundation (1967) TV episode .... Ian Craig – BBC Glasgow
- Another School of Thought (1967) TV episode .... Ian Craig – BBC Glasgow
- Chris and the Wheelbarrow (1967) TV episode .... Ian Craig – BBC Glasgow
- The Day’s Run (1967) TV episode .... Ian Craig – BBC Glasgow
(47 more)
“Tam O’Shanter” .... (TV) (1967) .... Robert Burns – STV Glasgow
1966
“There was a Man” (1966) (TV) .... Robert Burns – BBC Glasgow
“Court Martial”.... Lt Tony Randolph (1 episode, 1966)
- Silence is the Enemy (1966) (TV) .... Lt Tony Randolph
1965
Space Flight IC-1: An Adventure in Space (1965) .... Dr. Steven Thomas - 20th Century Fox
A Study In Terror (1965) .... Michael Osborne - Rank Organisation
“Gideon’s Way” .... Capt Robbie McGregor (1 episode, 1965) - Elstree
- The Thin Red Line (1965) TV episode .... Capt. Robbie McGregor - Elstree
“Danger Man” .... Jack Taylor (1 episode, 1965) - ITV
- Such Men are Dangerous (1965) TV episode .... Jack Taylor - ITV
“Glaister’s Law”.... Moska (1 episode, 1965) - STV
- A Close Shave (1965) TV episode .... Moska – STV Glasgow
“Emergency Ward 10” (1965) TV series .... Jack Pelham – ITV London
1964
The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964) .... Harry - ABP/Hammer Films
1963
“Dr. Finlay’s Casebook” .... Tim O’Shea (1 episode, 1963) – BBC London
- A Time for Laughing(1963)TV episode .... Tim O’Shea – BBC London
Jason and the Argonauts (1963) .... Hylas - Columbia/Charles H.Schneer
Cleopatra (1963) .... Phoebus - Todd/AO/20th c Fox
1962
“The Master of Ballantrae” .... James Durie (6 episodes, 1962) – BBC Glasgow
- Episode #1.6 (1962) TV episode .... James Durie – BBC Glasgow
- Episode #1.5 (1962) TV episode .... James Durie – BBC Glasgow
- Episode #1.4 (1962) TV episode .... James Durie – BBC Glasgow
- Episode #1.3 (1962) TV episode .... James Durie – BBC Glasgow
- Episode #1.2 (1962) TV episode .... James Durie – BBC Glasgow
(1 more)
“Barbara in Black” .... Dr. Dave Sharland (1 episode, 1962) – BBC Cardiff
Episode #1.1 (1962) TV episode .... Dr. Dave Sharland – BBC Cardiff
“Design For a Headstone” (1962) (TV) .... Jim O’Shea – BBC Cardiff
1961
“Ghost Squad” .... Moker (1 episode, 1961) - Elstree
- High Wire (1961) TV episode .... Moker - Elstree
Victim (1961) .... Detective Bridie - Rank/Allied Film/Parkway
“Drop Dead” (1961) (TV) .... John Hawthorn – BBC Glasgow
“Gulliver’s People” (1961) (TV series pilot) .... Gulliver – Screen Gems
1960
“The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre” .... Larry Wilson (1 episode,1962)
- Marriage of Convenience (1960) .... Larry Wilson - Anglo/Amalgamated Films
“Here Lies Miss Sabry” (1960) TV Series ....Tony – BBC London
“BBC Sunday-Night Play” .... Jimmy McIntyre/ (3 episodes, 1960) – BBC London
- Mr Gillie (1960) TV episode .... Tom Donelly – BBC London
- Macadam and Eve (1960) TV episode .... Jimmy McIntyre – BBC London
- The Nightwalkers (1960) (TV episode) .... Alan Malory – BBC London
“Target Luna” .... Ian Murray (1 episode, 1960) - Granada
The Rocket Station (1960) TV episode .... Ian Murray - Granada
“Interpol Calling” .... Lt Gupta (1 episode, 1960) - Elstree
- Ascent to Murder (1960) TV episode) .... Lt Gupta - Elstree
The Flesh and the Fiends (1960) .... Chris Jackson - Regal/Triad Films
“The Pursuers” (1 episode, 1960) .... Timothy - ITV
- The Holiday (1960) TV episode .... Timothy- ITV
“The Jimmy Logan Show” (1960 (TV) .... Robert Burns – BBC London
The Lieutenants (1960) .... 2nd Lieutenant Morris –APBC/ Pathé (Unscreened)
1959
“Redgauntlet” .... Alan Fairford (6 episodes, 1959) – BBC London
- Episode #1.6 (1959) TV episode .... Alan Fairford - BBC London
- Episode #1.5 (1959) TV episode .... Alan Fairford - BBC London
- Episode #1.4 (1959) TV episode .... Alan Fairford - BBC London
- Episode #1.3 (1959) TV episode .... Alan Fairford - BBC London
- Episode #1.2 (1959) TV episode .... Alan Fairford - BBC London
(1 more)
“Armchair Theatre” .... François Laurant/ (4 episodes, 1958-1959) – ITV Manchester
- If You Loved Me (1959) TV episode .... François Laurant – ITV Manchester
- The Widower (1958) TV episode .... Gilbert Dauriac – ITV Manchester
- Hanging Judge (1958) TV episode .... John Teal – ITV Manchester
- A Man’s Woman (1958) TV episode .... Francis Sheehan – ITV Mancester
Operation Bullshine (1959) .... Willie Ross - ABPC
Shake Hands with the Devil (1959) .... Mike O’Callaghan - United Artists/Troy
“Fotheringay”(1959) (TV) .... Bothwell – BBC Glasgow
1958
A Night To Remember (1958) .... Patrick Murphy - Rank Organisation
“General Electric Theatre” James Creigh .... (1 episode, 1958)
- Time To Go Now (1958) TV episode .... James Creigh - MCA
“Emergency Ward Ten” (1958) TV series .... Lionel Dibson – ITV London
“The Flying Ambulance” (1958) (TV) .... Alec Simpson – BBC London
“Home is the Hero” (1958) (TV) .... Manchester Monaghan – BBC London
“A Couple of Macs” (1958) (TV) .... Jock McPherson – ITV London
“The £12,000 Fiddle” (1958) (TV) .... Angus Milne – ITV Manchester
1957
Windom’s Way (1957) .... Jan Vidal - Rank Organisation
Miracle in Soho (1957) .... Tom Nichols - Rank Organisation
Ill Met by Moonlight .... Elias - Rank Organisation/Vega
“The Human Touch” (1957) (TV) .... Willie Gilchrist – ITV Manchester
1956
Lucky Jim (1956) .... Roberts - British Lion/Charter Films
“The Traitor” (1956) (TV) .... Peter Ellis – ITV London
“The Nightmare Man” (1956) (TV) .... Edgar Allan Poe – BBC London
“The Fisherman King” (1956) (TV) .... George – BBC London
“Barnharrow” (1956) (TV) .... Simon Linton – BBC London
“Wild Decembers” (1956) (TV) .... Branwell Bronte – BBC London
1954
“The Wonder”(1954) (TV) .... Gibby – BBC Bristol
“Au Clair de la Lune” (1954) (TV) 1 episode – BBC London
“Dr Knock”.... (1954) (TV) Village Lad – BBC London
1953
“The Highland Fair” (1953) (TV) .... Alaster – BBC Edinburgh
1951
What Say They? (1951) .... Student – Alliance Films/Group Three

Screen Script Writing


1979
“Two for a Show” (1979) TV .... Writer – Border Television
1977
“Mackintosh” (1977) TV .... Writer – STV Glasgow
“The Ivor Novello Story” (1977) TV .... Writer - – STV Glasgow
“McGonagall” (1977) TV .... Writer – STV Glasgow
1969
“ITV Saturday Night Theatre” .... Writer (1 episode, 1969) – ITV London
Aka ITV Sunday Night Theatre (UK)
- My Bonnie Jean (1969) TV episode .... Writer - – ITV London
A Man Called Robert Burns (1969) .... Co-writer with C.P.Taylor (Unproduced)
1968
“Burns” ....Writer (6 episodes, 1968) – STV Glasgow
- Episode 1: My Father Was A Farmer (1968) TV episode .... Writer – STV Glasgow
- Episode 2: Green Grow the Rashes O (1968) TV episode .... Writer – STV Glasgow
- Episode 3: The Jolly Beggars (1968) TV episode .... Writer – STV Glasgow
- Episode 4: Scotia’s Darling (1968) TV episode .... Writer – STV Glasgow
- Episode 5: Of A’ The Airts (1968) TV episode .... Writer – STV Glasgow
- Episode 6: The Cauld Blast (1968) TV episode .... Writer – STV Glasgow
1967
“This Man Craig” .... Writer (1 episode, 1967) – BBC Glasgow
- Another School of Thought (1967) TV episode .... Writer – BBC Glasgow
“The Hogmanay Show” .... Writer (1967) TV – STV Glasgow
- New Year Soliloquy (1967) TV ....Writer - STV Glasgow

Appearances as Self


1996
“An Immortal Memory” (1996) Video .... Self as Presenter – Greenplace Productions
1991
“To a Haggis” – (1991) TV .... Self as Reciter – BBC Birmingham
“The Art Suter Show” (1991) TV interview .... Self- BBC Aberdeen
1991
“A Burns Experience” (1991) Video .... Self as Presenter – Greenplace Productions
1991
“Tam O’Shanter” (1991) TV .... Self as Reciter – BBC Glasgow
1990
“The Scottish Clans” (1990) 60 Videos .... Self as Presenter – Heritage Productions
1988
“A Way to Win” (1988) Video .... Self as Presenter – Shanter Productions
“Not Royal Enough” (1988) TV .... Self as Narrator – McFarlane Productions
1986
“Burns Supper at Scone Palace” (1986) TV .... Self as Reciter – BBC Glasgow
1984
Levy McCallum (1984) TV Commercial .... Self as Presenter – Levy McCallum
1983
“Walker Martyn Accountants” (1983) Video .... Self as Presenter – Shanter Productions
1978
“The Highland Regiments of Canada” (1978) (TV) .... Self as Narrator
1975
“Burns Supper” (1975) TV .... Self as Reciter – STV Glasgow
1973
“Hogmanay Party” (1973) TV .... Self as Guest – STV Glasgow
1972
“A Burns Supper” (1971) TV .... Self as Speaker – STV Glasgow
1967
“The Hogmanay Show” (1967) TV .... Self as Reciter – STV Glasgow
- New Year Soliloquy (1967) TV .... Reciter – STV Glasgow
1964
“The Fascination of Love” (1964) (TV).... Self as Reader – ITV London
“My Dear Wormwood” (1964) (TV).... Self as Reader – ITV London
1963
“Tempo” (1963) TV .... Self as Singer/Reader – ITV London
1960
Prize Crop Cigarettes (1960) TV Commercial .... Self

Theatre Performances


1947
Dec – Robin in ‘Doctor Faustus’ – Park Theatre, Glasgow.
1948
Jan – Old Jew in ‘Salome’ – Park Theatre, Glasgow.
Feb – Hamilton Travers in ‘Are You A Mason?’ - Rutherglen Repertory
Mar – Henry in ‘Bombshell’ - Rutherglen Repertory
1950
Mar – Sergeant Towers in ‘See How They Run - Rutherglen Repertory
Apr – Eric in ‘Passing Brompton Road’- Rutherglen Repertory
Oct – Rev Mr Bagshot in ‘Yes and No’ - Rutherglen Repertory
Nov – Servant in ‘She Stoops To Conquer’- Glasgow Citizens Theatre
1951
Apr – William in ‘As You Like It’ - Glasgow Citizens Theatre
Apr - Gabelle in ‘The Only Way’ – Wilson Barret Company
Apr – Lord Lovat & Duke of Argyle in The Lot Cause’ - West Highland Festival
Aug – Townsman in ‘The Thrie Estaites’ – Edinburgh Festival
Oct – Hannibal in ‘Before Cannae’ – Scotland-Denmark Society
Nov – Messenger in ‘King Lear’ – Glasgow Citizens’ Theatre
Dec – Abraham in The Chester Morality – Citizens’ Society
1952
Apr – Baseball Player in ‘Our Town’ – Glasgow Citizens Theatre
Apr - Reader in ‘A Masque of Summer’ – Glasgow Citizens Theatre
Jul – Dancer in ‘Ring Round The Moon’ Wilson Barret Company
Aug – James Stewart in ‘James Stewart’ – Duror-Kentallen Festival
Sep – ‘Pedlar’ in ‘The Highland Fair’ – Edinburgh Festival
Sep - Student in ‘The Anatomist’ – Glasgow Citizens’ Theatre
1953
Jun – Snake in ‘The School for Scandal’- Wilson Barret Company
Jul – Skipper in ‘White Cargo’ – Fraser Neal Players
Jul - Stranger in ‘Too Young To Marry’ – Fraser Neal Players
Jul - Duke Munroe in ‘Reefer Girl’ – Fraser Neal Players
Aug – Postman in ‘Smillin’ Through’ – Fraser Neal Players
Aug - Kowalski in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ – Fraser Neal Players
Sep – Alaster in ‘The Highland Fair’ – Edinburgh Festival
Oct – Lord Lindsay in ‘The Thistle and the Rose’ – Glasgow Citizens’ Theatre
Nov – Manservant/Tramp in ‘The Diary of a Scoundrel – Glasgow Citizens’ Theatre
Nov - Wanert Willie in ‘The Laird o’ Torwatletie’ – Glasgow Citizens’ Theatre
Dec – Demon King in ‘Tapsalteerie-O’ – Glasgow Citizens’ Theatre
1954
Feb – Hughie O’Leary in ‘The Road to the Isles’– Glasgow Citizens’ Theatre
Mar – Locky McCormick in ‘Johnny Belinda’ – Glasgow Citizens’ Theatre
Mar - James Thomson in ‘Witch Errant’ – Glasgow Citizens’ Theatre
Apr – Nicholl Bryson in ‘All in Good Faith’ – Glasgow Citizens’ Theatre
May – Tam in ‘Right Royal’ – Glasgow Citizens’ Theatre
Aug – Jack Milford in ‘The Road to Ruin’ - Bristol Old Vic
Sept – Father Anselm in ‘Marching Song’ - Bristol Old Vic
Oct – Claudio in ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ - Bristol Old Vic
Nov – Rev Parris in ‘The Crucible’ - Bristol Old Vic
Dec – Albert in ‘The Two Bouquets’ - Bristol Old Vic
1955
Feb – Prof Piquetot in ‘Image In The Sun’ - Bristol Old Vic
Mar – Gratiano in ‘The Merchant of Venice’ - Bristol Old Vic
Mar - Ghost in ‘The Enchanted’- Bristol Old Vic
Apr – Hooley in ‘The Golden Cuckoo’ - Bristol Old Vic
May – Clown in ‘The Winter’s Tale’ - Bristol Old Vic
May - Colby Simpkins in ‘The Confidential Clerk’- Bristol Old Vic
Jun – Bowles in ‘You and Your Wife’- Bristol Old Vic
Sep – Barnaby Tucker in ‘The Matchmaker’ - Bristol Old Vic
Sep - Kurt Landeck in ‘The Mulberry Bush’ - Bristol Old Vic
Oct – Bertram in ‘Ondine’ - Bristol Old Vic
Nov – Reader in ‘Façade’ – Paragon Musical Society, Bristol
Nov - Wolsely in ‘Henry the Eighth’- Clifton College, Bristol
Nov - Peregrine in ‘Volpone’ - Bristol Old Vic
Dec – Marmaduke in ‘Dick Whittington’ - Bristol Old Vic
1956
Feb – Oswald in ‘King Lear’ - Bristol Old Vic
Dec – Etienne in ‘The Princess and the Swineherd’- Arts Theatre, London
1957
Apr – Tony Lack in ‘The Burning Glass’ – Glasgow Citizens’ Theatre
1959
Aug – King Humanitie ‘The Thrie Estaites’- Edinburgh Festival
1960
Oct – Hamlet in ‘Hamlet’ – Glasgow Citizens Theatre
1962
Aug – James Boswell in ‘Young Auchnileck’ -Edinburgh Festival
Oct – Rashleigh Osbaldistone in ‘Rob Roy’- Lyceum theatre, Edinburgh
1963
Apr – Captain Absolute in ‘The Rivals’ - Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith
1964
Mar – Jamie Soutar in ‘Battle Royal’ - Glasgow Citizens Theatre
May – McGlass in ‘Armstrong’s Last Goodnight’ - Glasgow Citizens Theatre
Jun – Robert Burns in ‘Ledlanet Nights’- Ledlanet House, Kinross
Oct – Cameron in ‘A Sleeping Clergyman’- Glasgow Citizens Theatre
1965
Jan – Robert Burns in ‘There Was A Man’ -Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
1969
Jul – Tony Perelli in ‘On The Spot’- Connaught Theatre, Worthing
1970
Aug – John James McPhee in ‘Random Happenings in the Hebrides’ – Lyceum, Edinburgh
1971
Aug – McGonagall in ‘The Real McGonagall’- Edinburgh Festical
1972
Jan – ‘An Evening With John Cairney’ - Clydebank Repertory Theatre
Feb – Charlie McGrath in ‘Willie Rough’ - Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
Apr – Archie Rice in ‘The Entertainer’ - Dundee Repertory Theatre
1973
Jan – ‘An Evening With Robert Burns’- Inverness Town Hall
Apr – ‘The Magic Shadow Show’ (With Matt McGinn) - Coatbridge Festival
Aug – Deceit in ‘The Thrie Estaites’ - Edinburgh Festival
1974
Sep – Ivor in ‘The Ivor Novello Show’ – Cumbernauld Theatre, Glasgow
Nov – Cyrano in ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’ - University Theatre, Newcastle
1975
Apr – Narrator in ‘The Private Life of RLS’ – Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Dec – Mackintosh in ‘A Mackintosh Experience’ – The Adam Smith Centre, Kirkcaldy
1976
May – Narrator in ‘It Cam Wi’ A Lass’ – Linlithgow Festival
Jul – Robert Burns in ‘The Robert Burns Story’ – Burns Festival, Ayr
Aug – Narrator in ‘The Scotland Story’ – Edinburgh Festival
1977
Jan – Robert Burns in ‘The Lingering Star’ – Old Laigh Kirk, Greenock
Oct- Nov – Robert Burns in ‘The Robert Burns Story – American Tour for Keedick Lecture Bureau, New York, USA:
Four Arts Club, Elkhart, Indiana; The Lecture Foundation, Fort Worth, Texas; Cleveland Playhouse, Cleveland, Ohio; Women’s Dinner Club, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Dallas Women’s Club,
Dallas, Texas; English Speaking Union, Indianapolis, Indiana; Chicago Drama League, Chicago, Illonois; Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, California; Women’s Club, Lynchburg,
Virginia; The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville,Connecticut; Ginter Park Women’s Club, Richmond, Virginia; Town Hall, Akron Women’s City Club, Akron, Ohio; Twentieth Century Club,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Women’s Club, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Hinsdale, Illonois; Younger Women’s Club, Louisville, Kentucky; Women’s Club of Central Kentucky, Lexington, Kent;
College Club of Canton, Ohio; Cincinnati Women’s Club, Cincinnati, Ohio
1978
Feb – Robert Service in ‘The Robert Service Story’ – Heritage Theatre, Calgary, Canada
Aug – Robert Service in ‘The Robert Service Story’ – Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh
Sep – Mackintosh in ‘A Mackintosh Experience’ – Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh
Sep – Robert Burns in ‘The Robert Burns Story’ – Ladbrokes, Edinburgh
Oct – Nov - Robert Burns in ‘The Robert Burns Story – American Tour for Keedick Lecture Bureau, New York, USA:
The Women’s Club, New Britain, Connecticut; Women’s Club of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; The Crichton Club, Columbus, Ohio; Bellevue Town Hall, Bellevue, Washington.
Oct- Nov – R.L.S. in ‘The Robert Louis Stevenson Story’ – American Tour for Keedick Lecture Bureau, New York, USA.
Cleveland Playhouse, Cleveland, Ohio; Mary Craig Class, Dallas, Texas; Women’s Club, Fort Worth, Texas; Cincinnati Women’s Club, Cincinnati, Ohio; Women’s Club of Sewickley Valley,
Sewickley, Pennsylvania,
Nov – Presenter in ‘The Scotland Story’ – CanadianTour
Ottawa; Humber College, Toronto; Hamilton; Windsor; The Highlander, Toronto
Nov – Robert Service in ‘The Robert Service Story’ – The Highlander, Toronto
1979
Jan – Robert Service in ‘The Robert Service Story’ – Netherbow Theatre, Edinburgh
Jan – Robert Burns in ‘The Robert Burns Story’- Scottish Tour
Lochgelly, Fife; Elgin; Peterhead; Eden Court, Inverness; Netherbow Theatre, Edinburgh
(*Last performance in Burns costume in Scotland)
Mar – Actor/Singer ‘John Cairney & Anne Lorne Gillies’ – Arts in Fife Tour
Newport; Dalgety Bay; Buckhaven Community Centre, Lochgelly Centre.
April – Ivor Novello in ‘The Ivor Novello Story’ – Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
Jun – Robert Burns in ‘The Robert Burns Story’ – Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada
Jun – Robert Burns in ‘A Drunk Man Looks At Robert Burns’ - Burns Festival
Gaiety Theare, Ayr; Barrfield Pavilion, Largs; Village Theatre, East Kilbride; Volunteer Rooms, Irvine
July – Robert Burns in ‘The Robert Burns Story’ – Sir James Dunne Theatre, Halifax
August – Robert Burns in ‘The Robert Burns Story’ – Carlisle
(*Last performance in Burns costume in England)
Oct –Nov - Robert Burns in ‘The Robert Burns Story’ – American Tour for Keedick Lecture Bureau, New York, USA:
Tuckahoe Women’s Club, Richmond, Virginia; Town Hall, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; The Manor Club, Pelham, New York; Kearney Club, Kearney, New Jersey
Oct – Reader in ‘Love Letters’ with Alannah O’Sullivan – Cleveland Playhouse, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Oct - Actor in ‘Shakespeare’s Wooings’ with Alannah O’Sullivan – American Tour
Women’s Club, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Town Hall, Lansing, Michigan
Oct – Robert Louis Stevenson in ‘The Private Life of RLS’ - American Tour
College Club, Akron, Ohio; Chicago Drama League, Chicago, Illonois
1980
Jan – Stevenson in ‘Mr and Mrs RLS’ with Alannah O’Sullivan – Byre Theatre, St Andrews
Oct – Robert Louis Stevenson in ‘Mr and Mrs RLS’ with Alannah O’Sullivan – American Tour for Keedick Lecture Bureau, New York, USA
Young Women of the Arts, Dallas, Texas; Young Women of the Arts, Houston, Texas; University Guild, Evanston, Illonois; Town Talks, Wichita, Kansas
Oct-Nov – Robert Burns in ‘The Robert Burns Story’ – American Tour
Des Moines Women’s Club, Des Moines, Iowa; Garden City, Community Club, New York; Women’s Club, Wheeling, West Virginia
Oct-Nov – Actor in ‘Shakespeare’s Wooings’ with Alannah O’Sullivan – American Tour:
Cincinnati Women’s Club, Cincinnati, Ohio; Hinsdale Women’s Club, Hinsdale, Illonois; Cleveland Playhouse, Cleveland, Ohio
Oct - Nov – Lord Byron in ‘Byron’s Women’ with Alannah O’Sullivan – American Tour
Cincinnati Women’s Club, Cincinnati, Ohio; Mary Craig Class, Dallas, Texas
Nov – Robert Service in ‘At Your Service’ with Alannah O’Sullivan – Winnipeg Women’s Club, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1981
Jan- Robert Burns in ‘The Robert Burns Story’ – Canadian Tour
McPherson Playhouse, Victoria BC; Ukranian Hall, London, Ontario; Centre in the Square, Kitchener, Ontario; University of Toronto; Latvian Hall, Toronto, Hamilton Place, Hamilton,
Ontario.*
*(Last performance as Robert Burns in costume in Canada)
Feb – Actor in Two For A Theatre shows with Alannah O’Sullivan on SS Canberra, P&O Cruise from San Francisco to Auckland, New Zealand:
‘A Taste of Theatre’; ‘At Your Service’; ‘The Real McGonagall’; ‘Stars on Sunday’; ‘Shakespeare’s Wooings’; ‘Mr and Mrs RLS’; ‘Love Letters’; ‘The Robert Burns Story’
Feb-Mar – ‘Two for A Theatre’ with Alannah O’Sullivan and Robert Burns in ‘The Robert Burns Story’ at the Phillip St Theatre, Sydney*.
*(Last performance in costume in Australia)
Apr – Robert Burns in ‘The Robert Burns Story’- Wells Theatre, Scottish Festival, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA*
*(Last performance in costume in USA)
Apr – Actor in ‘A Taste of Theatre’ with Alannah O’Sullivan – Scottish Festival, Scottish Studies Dept, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Apr – Robert Service in ‘At Your Service’ with Alannah O’Sullivan – Twentieth Century Club, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
May – Narrator in ‘Blackout’ with Alannah O’Sullivan – Birchmount Park Collegiate, Toronto; Studio Theatre, Hamilton Place, Ontario, Canada
May – Actor in ‘A Taste of Theatre’ with Alannah O’Sullivan, Albyn Rooms, Edinburgh
June – Actor in ‘A Midsummer’s Night’, Learmonth Hotel, Edinburgh
July – Dec Actor in ‘Two For A Theatre’, ‘A Taste of Theatre’ & ‘A Month of Sundays’ – with Alannah O’Sullivan - Scottish Tour:
The Ceilidh Place, Ullapool; Aberdeen Arts Centre, Aberdeen; Tron Theatre, Glasgow; Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Pitlochry; Fort Theatre, Bishopbriggs; Milngavie and Bearsden Arts
Guild; Clydebank Repetory, Clydebank; Balmacara Hotel, Balmacara; Palace Hotel, Inverness; Palace Hotel, Peterhead; Town Mill Theatre, Arts Guild, Strathaven; Signet Library,
Edinburgh; Carnoustie Hotel, Carnoustie, Fife.
1982
Jan – Feb: Actor in Two For A Theatre shows with Alannah O’Sullivan on SS Canberra for P&O Cruise Southampton to Sydney:
‘A Taste of Theatre’; ‘The Real McGonagall’; ‘At Your Service’; ‘Word Play’;’The Chopin Affair’; ‘A Burns Experience’; ‘Mr and Mrs RLS’; ‘Byron’s Women’; ‘Blackout’; ‘Shakespeare’s
Wooings’; ‘Love Letters’
Mar-Sep: Actor in Two For A Theatre shows with Alannah O’Sullivan: New Zealand tour:
‘A Taste of Theatre’; ‘Blackout’; ‘The Ivor Novello Story’
Sep – Actor in Two For A Theatre shows with Alannah O’Sullivan for British Council in the Singapore:
‘Shakespeare’s Wooings’; ‘A Taste of Theatre’
Sep-Oct: Actor in Two For A Theatre shows with Alannah O’Sullivan for Caldeonian Club, Honolulu, Hawaii:
‘A Taste of Theatre’; ‘The Odd Couple’; ‘Shakespeare’s Wooings’; ‘Ane Nyte of Delyte’
Oct-Nov: Actor in Two For A Theatre shows with Alannah O’Sullivan for Keedick Lecture Bureau, USA.
‘Shakespeare’s Wooings’ – Women’s Club, Forth Worth, Texas; Wichita Town Talks, Wichita, Kansas
‘A Taste of Theatre’ – Turnbow Garden Theatre, Fort Worth, Texas; Crichton Club, Columbus University, Ohio; Town Hall, Bay City, Michigan; Women’s Club of Royal Palm Yacht and
Country Club, Boca Raton, Florida.
Nov – Actor in ‘A Taste of Theatre’, Glengarry Arms, Toronto, Canada
Nov – Dec Actor in Two For A Theatre shows with Alannah O’Sullivan on SS Canberra for P&O Mediterranean & Caribbean Cruises:
‘A Taste of Theatre’; ‘The Scotland Story’; ‘At Your Service’; ‘The Real McGonagall’; ‘Shakespeare’s Wooings’; ‘Christmas Variety Show’; ‘The Chopin Affair’; ‘No 1 Nostalgia
Street’; ‘The Hogmannay Show’; ‘Blackout’
1983
Feb – McGonagall in ‘The Real McGonagall’ – Cambuskenneth Hotel, Bannockburn; Frames Club, Stirling.
Mar-Apr Actor in Two For A Theatre shows with Alannah O’Sullivan for P&O Cruise from Singapore to Southampton:
‘A Taste of Theatre’; ‘The Real McGonagall’; ‘At Your Service’; ‘Shakespeare’s Wooings’; ‘The Chopin Affair’; ‘Mr and Mrs RLS’; ‘The Ivor Novello Story’; ‘Blackout’; ‘All My Own
Work’
Mar – Actor in ‘A Taste of Theatre’ with Alannah O’Sullivan – Rob Roy Hotel, Durban, South Africa
May – Actor in ‘I Belong to Glasgow’ with Alannah O’Sullivan, Glengarry Arms, Toronto, Canada
June – Mackintosh in ‘A Mackintosh Experience’ – Waterdale Theatre, Edmonton, Canada
June – July Actor in Two For A Theatre shows with Alannah O’Sullivan on Sea Princess for P&O Mediterranean cruise:
‘At Your Service’; ‘The Real McGonagall’; ‘Mr and Mrs RLS’; ‘Shakespeare’s Wooings’; ‘Blackout’; ‘The Ivor Novello Story’; ‘All My Own Work’
July – McGonagall in ‘The Real McGonagall’ – Hall Place, Hampstead, London
Aug – Dec Actor in ‘Blackout’with Alannah O’Sullivan – Scottish tour:
Mitchell Theatre, Glasgow; Cumbernauld Village Theatre, Cumbernauld; Whiting Bay, Arran; Brodick, Arran; Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine; Civic Centre, Ayr; Her Majesty’s Theatre,
Aberdeen; Town Mill Theatre, Strathaven; MacRobert Studio, Stirling; Village Theatre, East Kilbride; Palace Theatre, Kilmarnock; Adam Smith Theatre, Kirkcaldy; Netherbow Theatre,
Edinburgh; Ellersley Hose, Edinburgh
Oct-Dec Actor in Two for A Theatre shows with Alannah O’Sullivan – Ellersley House Hotel, Edinburgh:
‘A Taste of Theatre’; ‘At Your Service’; ‘Shakespeare’s Wooings’; ’The Real McGonagall’; ‘Mr and Mrs RLS’; ‘The Scotland Story’; ‘All My Own Work’
Dec – Robert Burns in ‘The Clarinda Letters’ with Alannah O’Sullivan – Clarinda’s Restaurant, Edinburgh
Dec - Actor in Two for A Theatre shows with Alannah O’Sullivan on Sea Princess for P&O Caribbean Cruise:
‘At Your Service’; ‘The Real McGongall’; ‘The Chopin Affair’; ‘Blackout’;
1984
Jan - Actor in Two for A Theatre shows with Alannah O’Sullivan on Sea Princess for P&O Caribbean Cruise:
‘The Scotland Story’; ‘The Ivor Novello Story’
Jan-Feb - Actor in Two for A Theatre shows with Alannah O’Sullivan on Sea Princess for P&O Cruise from Southampton to Sydney:
‘A Taste of Theatre’; ‘The Real McGonagall’; ‘A Burns Experience’; ‘Shakespeare’s Wooings’;’Mr and Mrs RLS’; ‘The Chopin Affair’; ‘At Your Service’; ‘Love Letters’; ‘Down to the
Sea’; ‘Blackout’; ‘All My Own Work’
June – Actor in ‘Two For A Theatre’ with Alannah O’Sullivan – Dunkeld & Birnam Arts Festival
June – Reader in ‘The Golf Story’ – Aberdour Golf Club, Aberdour, Fife
July - Aug Actor in Two for A Theatre shows with Alannah O’Sullivan on Sea Princess for P&O Norwegian, Mediterranean and Scandinavian Cruises:
‘A Taste of Theatre’; ‘At Your Service; ‘The Real McGonagall’; ‘Shakespeare’s Wooings’; ‘Blackout’; ‘The Chopin Affair’
Sep – Dec Actor in Two for A Theatre shows with Alannah O’Sullivan in Scottish Tour:
‘Blackout’ – Fort Theatre, Bishopbriggs; ‘An Evening with John Cairney’ – Perth Theatre, Perth; ‘The Golf Story’ – Coylumbridge Hotel, Invernesshire; ‘An Evening with John Cairney’
– Linlithgow Arts Guild, Fife; ‘A Glasgow Night’ – Duke of Touraine, Glasgow; ‘A St Andrew’s Night’ – Guild Hall, Stirling; ‘Blackout’ – Town Hall, Inverness;
1985
Jan – Actor in ‘My Life With Robert Burns’- Scottish tour:
Duke of Touraine, Glasgow; Inn on the Green, Glasgow; Bannockburn Church Guild, Stirling; Masonic Lodge, Stirling; Dunblane Hotel, Stirling; Golf Club, Stirling
Jan – March Actor in Two for A Theatre shows with Alannah O’Sullivan - Scotland
‘A Taste of Theatre’ at:
Mellerstane House, Edinburgh; Mearns Castle H.S., Glasgow; St Augustine’s S.S., Glasgow; Greenfaulds H.S. Cumbernauld; Notre Dame H.S. Dumbarton; John Boscoe,Glasgow; Glasgow
Freight Club, Bellahouston; Victoria Drive S.S., Glasgow; Eastbank Academy, Glasgow; St Pius S.S., Glasgow; Glenwood S.S., Glasgow, George Hotel, Edinburgh
Actor in ‘An Irish Night’ – Duke of Touraine, Glasgow
Reader in ‘Life is a Way of Golf’ – Strathaven Golf Club, Strathhaven; Williamwood Golf Club, Glasgow
Oscar Wilde in ‘A Wilde Fancy’ – Byre Theatre, St Andrews
Robert Service in ‘At Your Service’ – Duke of Touraine, Glasgow
Robert Louis Stevenson in ‘Mr and Mrs RLS’ – Book Festival, Edinburgh
Oct-Nov: Actor in Two For A Theatre shows with Alannah O’Sullivan for Keedick Lecture Bureau, USA.
‘Two For A Theatre’ at: Joliet Women’s Club, Illonois; Women’s City Club, Oklahoma City
‘A Wilde Fancy’ at: Chicago Drama League, Chicago; Pelham Women’s Club, Pelham, New York
‘Shakespeare’s Wooings’ at: Tuckahoe Women’s Club, Richmond, Virginia; Akron Women’s Club, Akron, Ohio
Oct – Actor in ‘Double Dealing’ with Alannah O’Sullivan – Glengarry Arms, Toronto, Canada
1986
Jan – Dec Actor in Two for A Theatre shows with Alannah O’Sullivan – Scotland
Actor in ‘A Burns Experience’ – Duke of Touraine, Glasgow; Mongreenan Mansion, Kilwinning
Actor in ‘A Taste of Theatre’ – Glasgow Freight Club, Bellahouston; Inn on the Green, Glasgow; Montgreenan Mansion, Kilwinning; Dean Park Hotel, Kirkcaldy; Hospitality Inn, Irvine;
Leighton House, London; Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh; Ross Priory, Loch Lomond;
Actor in ‘Two For A Theatre’ – Palace Theatre, Kilmarnock; Theatre-in-the-Forest, Grizedale; Struthers House, Glasgow
Actor in ‘A Glasgow Night’ – Duke of Touraine, Glasgow
Charles Rennie Mackintosh in ‘A Mackintosh Experience’ – Burrell Collection, Glasgow
Robert Benchley in ‘Dorothy Parker and Friend’ – Town Mill Theatre, Strathaven; Ross Priory, Loch Lomond
Reader in ‘Life is a Way of Golf’ – Montgreenan Mansion, Kilwinning
Actor in ‘Patron’s Choice’ – Inn on the Green, Glasgow
Frederick Chopin in ‘The Chopin Affair’- Eastwood Club, Glasgow; Village Theatre, East Kilbride
Actor in ‘A Tartan Touraine’ – Duke of Touraine, Glasgow
June – Actor in ‘A Drunk Man Looks at Robert Burns’ with Russell Hunter, Montgreenan Hotel, Kilwinning
Aug – Becket in ‘Murder in the Cathedral’ - St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh Festival
1987
Jan – Dec Actor in Two for A Theatre shows with Alannah O’Sullivan – Scotland
Actor in ‘A Burns Experience’ – The Inn on the Green, Glasgow; Duke of Touraine, Glasgow; Waterstone’s, Aberdeen; Edens Bookshop, Elgin; Paisley Arts Centre, Paisley; Kingsmills
Hotel, Inverness
Actor in ‘A Taste of Theatre’ – Hebrew Society, Glasgow; At Home, St Andrews; Wine Emporium, Glasgow; Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow; Jordanhill College, Glasgow; Gorebridge
Reader in ‘Life is a Way of Golf’ – Golf Club, Lenzie
Robert Benchly in ‘Dorothy Parker and Friend’ – The Inn on the Green, Glasgow; National Library, Edinburgh; Ross Priory, Loch Lomond
Ivor Novello in’The Ivor Novello Story’ – Eglinton Arms, Ardrossan
Narrator in ‘A Burns Sangfest’ – Kingsmills Hotel, Inverness
Jan – Actor in ‘The Robert Burns Story’ – RSA Club, Kirkcaldy
May – Narrator in ‘Pageant’ – Kinross
Aug – Lord Burghley in ‘Mary Stuart’ – Assembly Hall, Edinburgh Festival
Aug & Nov Actor in ‘My Life with Robert Burns – Book Fair, Edinburgh Festival; Kingsmills Hotel, Inverness
Sep – Dec ‘Conversation with Cairney’ – Crawford Theatre, Glasgow and Scottish Tour:
Village Theatre, East Kilbride; Byre Theatre, St Andrews; Harbour Arts Theatre, Irvine; Town Mill Theatre, Strathaven; The Ceilidh Place, Ullapool; Guild Hall, Stirling
Nov – Narrator in Armistice Concert – Adam Smith Centre, Kirkcaldy
1988
Jan – Dec Actor in Two for A Theatre shows with Alannah O’Sullivan – Scotland
Actor in ‘A Burns Experience’ – Inn on the Green, Glasgow; Duke of Touraine, Glasgow; Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline; Kinloch Hotel, Arran
Canadian tour:
Glengarry Arms, Toronto, Ontario; Continental Room, Ottowa; Kinsmens’ Hall, Oshawa; Ukranian Hall, Toronto
Actor in ‘Burns Sangfest’ – Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline
Narrator in ‘Bridie Hour’ – City Chambers, Glasgow
Actor in ‘A Taste of Theatre’- Byre Theatre, St Andrews; The Ceilidh Place, Ullapool; Broadmeadows House, Selkirk; Village Hall, Poolewe
Actor in ‘Friends Tak Tent’- Crawford Theatre, Jordanhill College, Glasgow
Actor in ‘Theatrical Highlights’ – The Inn on the Green, Glasgow
Actor in ‘Blackout’ - Ross Priory, Loch Lomond
Actor in ‘Burns Speak’ – Kingsmills Hotel, Inverness
Actor in ‘The Clarinda Correspondence’ – Kingsmills Hotel, Inverness
Actor in ‘Duologue for The Edinburgh Conversations’; St Cecilia’s, Edinburgh
Jan – April Actor in ‘My Life with Robert Burns’ – Netherbow Theatre, Edinburgh; Lanark Library, Lanark; Parkhead Library, Parkhead; Clydebank Library, Glasgow
Robert Louis Stevenson in ‘Mr and Mrs RLS’- The Ceilidh Place, Ullapool; Birnam and Dunkeld Summer Festival
May – Narrator in ‘Burns – the Musical’ Burrell Collection, Glasgow
1989
Jan – Narrator in ‘A Toast To the Lassies’ with Jean Redpath - Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, USA
Jan - Burns in ‘A Burns Experience’ – Scottish Tour
Inn on the Green, Glasgow; Doune Hotel, Stirling; Kirroughtree Hotel; Newton Stewart Rotary; Kirkton Jean’s, Kirkoswald; Guild Hall, Stirling
May – Narrator in ‘I Belong To Glasgow’ – Ingram Hotel, Glasgow Mayfest
Jun – Reader in ‘Scrappy’ – Netherbow Arts Centre, Edinburgh
Jun - Narrator in ‘Love and Marriage – Robert Burns!’ Gaiety Theatre, Ayr
Aug – Macbeth in ‘Macbeth’- Inchcolm Island, Edinburgh Festival
Sep – Actor in Two for A Theatre shows with Alannah O’Sullivan – Scotland
Actor in ‘Blackout’ - People’s Palace, Glasgow
Actor in ‘A Taste of Theatre’- Winter Gardens, Rothesay
William McGonagall in ‘The William McGongall Story’ – Ross Priory, Loch Lomond
Dec – Narrator in ‘The Edinburgh Candlelight Carolcade’, Edinburgh
Dec - Reader in ‘A Christmas Carol’ – Ingram Hotel, Glasgow
Reader in ‘Old Edinburgh Ode’ – Netherbow Theatre, Edinburgh
1990
Jan – Dec Actor in Two for A Theatre shows with Alannah O’Sullivan – Gibraltar
Actor in ‘A Taste of Theatre’ – Corks Wine Bar, Gibraltar
Actor in ‘A Burns Experience’ – Garrison Library, Gibraltar
Actor in ‘A Taste of Theatre’ – Caleta Palace Hotel, Gibraltar
Jan - Burns in ‘A Burns Experience’ – Scottish Tour
Inn on the Green, Glasgow; Garrison Library, Gibralter; Kirkhill Golf Club, Cambuslang; Kirkton Jean Inn, Kirkoswald
Actor in ‘A Taste of Theatre’ – Ingram Hotel, Glasgow
Actor in ‘I Belong to Glasgow’ – Ingram Hotel, Glasgow
Reader in ‘A Summer Garland of Verses’ – Woodside Library, Glasgow
Nephew in ‘Dear Aunt Jane’ – Ross Priory, Loch Lomond
Actor in ‘I Belong to Glasgow’ – Scotch Corner, Toronto, Canada
Reader in ‘Mr Fezzywig’s Christmas Party’ - Grouse & Claret, Kinross
Jan – Narrator in ‘A Tribute to Robert Burns’ with Jimmy Logan - Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada; Hamilton Place, Ontario
Mar – Narrator with Jewish Choral Society – City Halls, Glasgow
Jun – Narrator in ‘Scots Wha Hae’ Stirling Castle
Nov – Narrator in ‘There Was a Lad’ - Burnsiana City Halls, Glasgow
1991
Jan – Feb Actor in Two for A Theatre shows with Alannah O’Sullivan - Scotland
Actor in ‘A Burns Experience’– Inn on the Green, Glasgow
Narrator in ‘Nostalgiaglasgow’ - Duke of Touraine, Glasgow
Mackintosh in ‘A Mackintosh Experience’ – McLellan Gallery, Glasgow
Reciter in ‘Compact Classics, Façade’ – Ross Priory, Loch Lomond
Actor in ‘Two For a Theatre’ – Oxford Primary School, North Canterbury, NZ
Jul – ‘An Evening with John Cairney’ – Tam Cairney’s Old Alehouse, Toronto, Canada
1992
Mar – C. S. Lewis in ‘Shadowlands’ – Court Theatre, Christchurch, NZ
Apr – ‘Around The World In Eighty Minutes’with Alannah O’Sullivan – Oxford Town Hall, NZ
Dec – Narrator in ‘Mr Fezzywigg’s Christmas Party’with Alannah O’Sullivan - Aotea Centre Auckland
1993
July – ‘Two For A Theatre’ with Alannah O’Sullivan – New Zealand
Surgeons Conference, The Chateau, Auckland; Librarians Conference, Fernleaf Hotel, Auckland
1994
May 13 - McGonagall in ‘The Real McGonagall’ - The Settlement Restaurant, Wellington, NZ
July 31– Chief of the First Scottish Festival at Wellington, NZ
Aug 03 – R.L.S. in ‘Robert Louis Stevenson – A Commemoration’ - The National Library of NZ
Aug 06 – Reciter in ‘Scottish Festival Finale’ - St Andrew’s on the Terrace, Wellington, NZ
Nov – Actor in ‘An Evening with John Cairney’ – The Theatre, Buckhaven
Oct – Nov Robert Louis Stevenson in ‘Mr RLS’ – Scottish Tour
Netherbow Theatre, Edinburgh; Glasgow University, Glasgow; The Grouse & Claret, Kinross; Inn On The Green, Glasgow; Ross Priory, Loch Lomond; Kingsmill Hotel, Inverness; The Ceilidh
Place, Ullapool; Dunkeld House Hotel, Dunkeld
Nov 07 – Actor in ‘An Evening with John Cairney’ – Buckhaven Theatre, Buckhaven, Fife
Nov – Robert Louis Stevenson in ‘Mr RLS’ - Stevenson School, Carmel USA
Nov – Robert Louis Stevenson in ‘Mr RLS’ - Library Readings, Auckland, NZ
Dec 06 – 09 Robert Louis Stevenson in ‘Mr RLS’ - Stevenson Festival, Apia, Western Samoa: Kitano, Tusitala; Aggie Grey’s Hotel, Samoa.
1995
Jan 19– Actor in ‘A Burns Night’ – Masonic Lodge, Onehunga, Auckland New Zealand
Jan 14– Actor in ‘A Burns Night’ – Moat House, Glasgow
Jan 22 – R.L.S. in ‘The Reluctant Advocate’ – Parliament House, Edinburgh
Feb 11 & 12– Narrator in ‘The Festival of Romance’ - Arts Centre, Christchurch, NZ
Sep 09 – Actor in ‘A Glasgow Night’ – Masonic Lodge, Onehunga, Auckland, NZ
1996
Jan 12 –Feb 01 Actor in ‘A Burns Experience’ - Scottish Tour for Robert Burns International Year
Ross Priory, Loch Lomond; Millport; Conference Centre, Royal Mail; Waltry, Milton of Campsie; Inn on the Green. Glasgow
July 06 – Aug 16 Castlegate Repetory, Lanark; Garden House Hotel, Gretna; Lockerbie Little Theatre, Lockerbie; Bellisle Hotel, Ayr; King’s Arms Hotel, Girvan; Montgreenan Mansion
Hotel, Kilwinning; Greenock Arts Guild, Greenock; The Inn on the Green, Glasgow; Community Hall, Arran; Falkirk Hotel, Falkirk; Woodside Hotel, Aberdour; Perth Theatre, Perth;
Hotel, Montrose; Woodend Barn Arts Centre, Banchory; Grouse & Claret, Kinross; Byre Theatre, St Andrews; Community Hall, Peterhead; Dufff House, Banff; Golf View Hotel, Nairn;
Village Theatre, East Kilbride
Nov 15 – Nov 30
Kingsmills Hotel, Inverness; The Ceilidh Place, Ullapool;
July 30 – Actor in ‘An Evening with John Cairney’ – Falkirk Hotel, Falkirk
July 31 - William McGonagall in ‘The Real McGonagall’ - Falkirk Hotel, Falkirk
Oct 04 – Actor in ‘A Burns Experience’ – Tauranga, New Zealand
Nov 22 – Reader in ‘Ae Fond Kiss, Ae Fareweel’ – Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh
Nov 23 – McGonagall in ‘The Real McGonagall’, Woodside Hotel, Aberdour
Dec 13 – McGonagall in ‘The Real McGonagall’ – Glasgow University, Glasgow
1997
Jan 05 – Presenter in ‘Burns Showtime’, Estonian Hall, Toronto, Canada
Jan 18 – Actor in ‘A Burns Experience’, Masonic Lodge, Onehunga, Auckland, NZ
Auckland
1998
Jan 23 - Performer in ‘A Robert Burns Evening’, Lake Shore Conference Centre, Auckland
Oct 01,16&23 McGongall in ‘The Real McGonagall’ – UK: The Dungeon, Windsor Castle, England; Woodend Barn Arts Centre, Banchory; Howden Centre, Livingstone
2000
Jan 30-31 & Feb 28 – Actor in ‘A Burns Experience’ – The Inn on the Green, Glasgow; Pitlochry Town Hall, Pitlochry
Dec 09 & 20 Reader in ‘A Classic Christmas’ – Harbour Arts Theatre, Irvine; Grouse & Claret, Kinross
2001
Jan 12 – Actor in ‘An Evening with John Cairney’ – Ross Priory, Loch Lomond
Jan 23 - 31– Actor in ‘A Burns Experience’ – Grouse and Claret, Kinross; Wormistoune House, Crail; Rotary Club, Inverness; McPhail Centre, Ullapool; The Inn on the Green, Glasgow
Dec 14, 20 &21 – Reader in ‘A Classic Christmas’ – Woodend Barn Arts Centre, Banchory; Wallacetown Church, Falkirk; Theatre, Greenock
2002
Jan 10 – 31 Actor in ‘A Burns Experience’ – Town Hall, Bearsden, Rotary Club, Glasgow; Bellshill Rotary, Glasgow; Richmond Park Hotel, Boness; Goldsmith Hall, London; Traverse
Theatre, Edinburgh; The Inn on the Green, Glasgow
May 31 – Actor in ‘A Burns Experience’ – Sydney, Australia
2003
Jan 21 – Feb 4 Actor in ‘A Burns Experience’ – Rotary Club, Bothwell; Village Hall, Carlops; Dunblane Hotel, Dunblane; Tavern, Strathaven; Aberdeen Arts Centre, Aberdeen; Richmond
Park Hotel, Boness
Nov 29 – Actor in ‘A Touch of Tartan’ – Spencer on Byron Hotel, Takapuna, Auckland
Dec 18 – Mackintosh in ‘A Mackintosh Experience’ with Alannah O’Sullivan, House For An Art Lover, Bellahouston Park, Glasgow
2004
Jan 20 & Feb 04 – Robert in ‘Mr RLS’, Rotary Club, Uddingston, UK; Borders Bookshop, Glasgow; Ottakers Bookshop, Edinburgh
Jan 22 & 25 – Actor in ‘A Burns Experience’ – Easterbank Hall, Crichton University, Dumfries; Eastwood Theatre, Strathaven; Tudor Hotel, Airdre;
June 19 & 29-31 – Charles Rennie Mackintosh in ‘A Mackintosh Experience’ with Alannah O’Sullivan – Mackintosh Festival, Port Vendres, France; House for An Art Lover, Bellahouston
Park, Glasgow, UK
July 30 – Stevenson in ‘Mr RLS’ – Woodside Hotel, Aberdour, Fife; Book Festival, Edinburgh
Nov 27 – Actor in ‘A Scottish Evening’ – Tauranga, New Zealand
2005
Jan 20 - 28 – Actor in ‘A Burns Experience’ – UK:
Trades House, Glasgow; Moat House Hotel, Glasgow; Milton Hotel, Bothwell; Monkland Rotary, Glasgow; Eastgate Theatre, Peebles; Sheraton Hotel, Edinburgh;
Jan 29 – Robert Louis Stevenson in ‘Mr RLS’ – Festival Theatre, Pitlochry
June 24 – Mackintosh in ‘A Mackintosh Experience’ – Wigtown Book Festival, Wigtown
June 22 – Mackintosh in ‘A Mackintosh Experience’ – Vancouver Book Festival, Vancouver, Canada
2006
Sep 26 – 28 – Mackintosh in ‘A Mackintosh Experience’ with Alannah O’Sullivan – House for An Art Lover, Bellahouston Park, Glasgow
Oct 09 – Actor in ‘Conversation with Cairney’ – Parkhead Public Library, Glasgow; Waterstone’s Bookshop, Sauchiehall St; Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow; Bothwell Rotary, Glasgow;
Milngavie Bookshop, Milngavie
Nov 03 -– Theatre, Waikato University, Hamilton, NZ
2008
July 28 – Actor in ‘Conversation with Cairney’ – Aberdour Festival, Aberdour
2009
Jan 17 - Feb 07 Actor in ‘A Burns Experience’ – Scotland:
S.U.Miner’s Hotel, Culross; Wormistoune House, Crail; Kirk Hall, Crail; Corbie Hall, Milngavie
Mar 28 – Actor in ‘Conversation With Cairney’ – Parish Church, Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire
Mar 29 – Reader in ‘Love Burns – A Burns Symphonia’ – Lochwinnoch Festival
April 19, May 14 – Actor in ‘Conversation with Cairney’ – McLaurin Gallery, Rozelle House, Ayr; Giffnock Synagogue, Glasgow;
23 June – Reader in ‘Cairney Poems’ – Rotary Club, Bothwell
July 14 – Actor in ‘A Burns Experience ‘Inspired’ – Mitchell Library, Glasgow
Aug 01-21 – Actor in ‘A Burns Experience’ – Henderson’s Restaurant, Edinburgh Festival
Aug 16 – Actor in ‘A Burns Experience’ – Crassic Gribbon Centre, Arbuthnott
Sep 02- McGonagall in ‘The Real McGonagall’ and ‘Open To Question’ , Milngavie Bookshop, Milngavie Festival
Sep 05 –Actor in ‘Blackout’ - Milngavie Festival, Milngavie
Sep 16 – Actor in ‘A Literary Voyage around John Cairney’ – Byre Theatre, St Andrews
Oct 30 – Actor in ‘A Burns Experience’ and ‘Open to Question’ – Town Hall, Maybole
Nov 01 – Narrator in ‘The Boyhood of Burns’ – Town Hall, Maybole
Dec 20 – Reader in ‘A Classic Christmas’ – Henderson’s Restaurant, Edinburgh
2010
Jan 24 – Feb 05 – Actor in ‘A Burns Experience’ – The Address Hotel, Dubai; Kirk Hall, Crail; Senergy, Edinburgh; Ross Priory, Loch Lomond

WRITING CREDITS

Theatre


1968
‘The Robert Burns Story’ at the Theatre Royal, Dumfries for Shanter Productions, Edinburgh
1970
‘The Real McGonagall’ at the Edinburgh Festival for Shanter Productions
1971
‘The Scotland Story’ at the Edinburgh Festival for Shanter Productions
1972
‘It Cam Wi A Lass’ – A pageant for St Michael’s Church, Linlithgow
‘The Private Life of RLS’ at Solsgirth Theatre Club for Shanter Prods
1973
‘The Ivor Novello Story’ at Cumbernauld Village Theatre for Shanter Prods
1974
‘An Edinburgh Salon – 1774’ at the Edinburgh Festival for Shanter Prods
1975
‘The Holy Fair’ at Rozelle Gardens, Ayr for the Burns Festival
‘A Mackintosh Experience’ at the Adam Smith Centre Kirkcaldy for AH McIntosh and Co (Kirkcaldy)
1976
‘The Lingering Star’ at Greenock West Kirk for the Burns Festival
1977
‘The Thomson Correspondence’ at Rozelle House, Ayr for the Burns Festival
‘The Kirk Session Follies’ for the Burns Festival (unperformed)
‘The Robert Service Story’ at the Heritage Park Theatre, Calgary, Canada
1978
‘Bard’ at Rozelle Gardens, Ayr for the Burns Festival
1979
‘The Clarinda Correspondence’ – Irvine Burns Club for the Burns Festival
‘A Drunk Man Looks At Robert Burns’ at the Volunteer Rooms, Irvine, Burns Festival
‘As Others Saw Him’ at the Beach Pavilion, Largs for the Burns Festival
‘A Wartime Childhood’ for Shanter Prods, Glasgow (unperformed)
1980
‘Dorothy Parker and Friend’ (Park Bench) at Chicago Water Tower Hotel for the Keedick Lecture Bureau, New York
‘Byron’s Women’ at Cincinnati for the Keedick Lecture Bureau, NY
1981
‘Love Letters’ on the SS Canberra for Theatre At Sea (P&O)
‘Blackout’ at Toronto for Banner Productions, Canada
1982
‘The Chopin Affair’ on the SS Sea Princess for Theatre At Sea (P&O)
‘The Two Brownings’ for the Keedick Lecture Bureau, USA (unperformed)
1983
‘Football Crazy’ at The Palace Hotel, Inverness for Shanter Productions
1984
‘The Golf Story’ at Aberdour Golf Club for Shanter Prods
1985
‘A Wilde Fancy’ at the Byre Theatre, St Andrews for Shanter Prods
‘Young Tommy’ (with AB Patterson) – Byre Theatre, St Andrews
1986
‘Burns – The Musical’ excerpts at The Duke of Touraine Restaurant, Glasgow for the Burns Musical Company, Glasgow
1987
‘Burnsang’ at the Kingsmills Hotel, Inverness for Swallow Hotels
‘Burns – The Musical’ at the Burrell Gallery for Burns Musical Company
1988
‘Burnspeak’ at the Kingsmills Hotel, Inverness for Swallow Hotels
‘Scot Free’ at the Palace Theatre, Kilmarnock for Strathclyde Region
1989
‘Toshie’ – a play for Shanter Prods – unperformed
‘A Toast to the Lassies’ for Harvard Uni Standers Theatre USA
‘Love and Marriage – Robert Burns’ at the Gaiety Theatre, Ayr for the Burns Festival
‘Scots Wha Hae’ at Stirling Castle for Shanter Prods
1990
‘And Then She Made the Lassies’ at the Kingsmills Hotel, Inverness for Swallow Hotels
‘Burnsiana’ at the City Halls, Glasgow for the Glasgow District Council
1991
‘Nostalgiaglasgow’ at the Duke of Touraine Restaurant, Glasgow for Shanter Prods
1992
‘Around the World in Eighty Minutes’ at the Town Hall, Oxford for Shanter Prods
1994
‘RLS – The Reluctant Advocate’ for the Faculty of Advocates, Edinburgh
2009
‘The Boyhood of Burns’ - nine original short plays for children for Maybole, Scotland
2010
‘Seeing Green’ – A solo play for theatre on the life of Charles Rennie Mackintosh for the Mackintosh Heritage Group

Television


1968
‘Another School of Thought’ – Play – BBC Glasgow
‘A New Year Soliloquy’ – Ode – Scottish TV
‘Burns’ – Six Part serial STV Glasgow
1969
‘My Bonnie Jean’ – STV Glasgow
‘The Robert Burns Story’ – solo player – Border TV, Carlisle
1970
‘McGonagall’ – play – STV Glasgow
1971
‘Robert Louis Stevenson’ – solo play – CFAC Calgary, Canada
1972
‘Robert Service’ – solo play – CFAC Calgary, Canada
1973
‘The Ivor Novello Story’ – musical play – STV Glasgow
1977
‘Mackintosh’ – a play – STV Glasgow
1979
‘Two for a Show’ – duologue – Border TV, Carlisle

Film


1974
‘Burns’ – montage sequence for Edinburgh films
‘Burns ‘– a feature film for World Wide Pictures, London (with CP Taylor) (unproduced)

Radio


1994
‘A Scotch Tusitala’ – Radio NZ
• Radio New Zealand Mobil Award for Best Radio Feature
1996
‘Tam O’Shanter’ (music by Malcolm Arnold) – Radio NZ
• Silver Medal at New York Festivals

Books


1986
‘A Moment White’ – Outram Press, Glasgow -
1987
‘The Man Who Played Robert Burns’ – Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh
1988
‘East End to West End’ – Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh
1990
‘Worlds Apart’ – Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh
1993
‘A Year Out in New Zealand’ – Tandem Press, Auckland, New Zealand
1998
‘A Scottish Football Hall of Fame’ - Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh
2000
‘On the Trail of Robert Burns’ – Luath Press, Edinburgh
2001
‘Solo Performers: An international registry1770-2000’ - McFarland and Co (USA)
‘The Luath Burns Companion’ (Editor) - Luath Press, Edinburgh
2002
‘On the Trail of RLS’ - Luath Press, Edinburgh
2003
‘Immortal Memories’ (Editor) - Luath Press, Edinburgh
2005
‘Heroes Are Forever’ The life and times of Jimmy McGrory – Mainstream Pub., Edin.,
2006
‘Glasgow by the way but’ – Luath Press, Edinburgh
2007
‘The Quest for Charles Rennie Mackintosh’ – Luath Press, Edinburgh
‘The Quest for Robert Louis Stevenson’- Luath Press, Edinburgh
2009
‘Flashback Forward’- Random House, Auckland, NZ

Booklets


1974
‘Miscellaneous Verses’ – Shanter Prods, Edinburgh
1986
‘A Moment White’ – Outram Press, Glasgow

Book Contributions


1989
Foreword – ‘By the Shores of Galilee’ – Aulton Press (Peterhead)
1991
Insert – ‘Tales Out of School’ – Collectors Books, UK
1994
Insert – ‘Ring of Bright Words’ – Balnain Books, UK
1995
Introduction – ‘Poems and Songs of Robert Burns’ – Harpers Collins UK
2005
Chapter - ‘Death of a Prince’ (John Thomson) in ‘Ten Days that Shook Celtic’ – Fort Publishing

Book Reviews


1989
‘The Clarinda Conspiracy’ by Alistair Campsie in The Scotsman, Edinburgh
1994
‘Rhymer Rab’ by Alan Bod in The Herald, Auckland, NZ
1995
‘In Search of Tusitala’ by Gavin Bell in The Listener, NZ
1996
‘Sleeping with An Elephant’ by Ludovic Kennedy for Radio NZ
‘The Family Frying Pan’ by Bryce Courtney for Radio NZ

Newspaper Articles


1962
‘An Actor’s Life’ – A series of six for The Weekly Scotsman, Edinburgh
‘An Actor Speaks’ – The Scotsman, Edinburgh
1989
‘Macbeth on Inchcolm’ – The Scotsman, Edinburgh
1991
‘A Culzean Castle Walk’ – The Observer, London
1994
‘Tusitala and the Kiwi Connection’ – Evening Post, Wellington
‘Diary for the Week’ – The Scotsman, Edinburgh
1996
‘My Life with Rabbie Burns’ – The Herald, Glasgow
2001
‘Cairney’s Corner Down Under’ for the Tartan Umbrella - (Edinburgh) Series
2002
‘Robert Burns and Film’ - Tartan Umbrella - Edinburgh
2009
‘Homecoming’ – The Scotsman
‘Working the Monopolylogue’ – The Stage

Theses


1953
‘T.S. Eliot and the Poetic Drama’ for Cert in Dramatic Studies, RSAMD Glasgow and Glasgow University
1981
‘James Bridie and the Scottish Theatre’ for BA, Glasgow Uni
1984
‘A History of Solo Theatre’ for M Litt, Glasgow Uni
1994
‘The Theatrical RLS’ for PHD at Victoria University, Wellington NZ