Whaur’s Yer Wullie Shakespeare Noo? review – when John Home outdid Stratford’s Bard
Òran Mór, GlasgowBrian Logan revisits the 18th-century production of Home’s Douglas in a shouty comedy about nationalism, religion and the power of theatreIt is the most famous heckle in Scottish theatre history. In an exclamation of nationalist zeal after a performance of Douglas at Edinburgh’s Canongate playhouse in 1756, an audience member declared playwright John Home to be better than England’s most reve…