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The Sisters of the Sciennes

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Donald Campbell's new play tells the story of the women who were widowed by the Battle of Flodden Field. In a disused monastery near Edinburgh they have established their own order of nuns and work to help the victims of the plague. Director Hamish Wilson

Contributors

Director:
Hamish Wilson
Prioress of the Sciennes:
Eileen McCallum
Sister Jacquinta:
Bella Enahoro
Sister Margaret:
Jan Wilson
Sister Elizabeth:
Monica Gibb
Doctor John Henrison:
Finlay Welsh
Tammas Duthie:
James Bryce
Sir Alexander Lyndesay/A Fetch:
John Buick
King James V of Scotland:
Anthony Donaldson
Geordie Steill:
Alexander Morton
Source: Radio Times

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