The Island Race
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The Hebrides off Scotland's West Coast are famed the world over for their stark beauty, culture and history.
The Island Race lifts the lid on events on one island where a despotic landowner tries to control the lives of everyone who lives in his domain.
When his aristocratic daughter falls in love with an island lad the laird will stop at nothing to end romance across the social divide and doesn't care who he hurts in the process.
Forget the white sandy beaches and crystal clear waters - this is a community at war with the laird and each other -fuelled by jealousy and drink.
This 21st century tale echoes the past centuries of repression and feudalism in a way that shows how little has changed. Dreams turn to nightmares as events unfold - and there can be only one winner.
David Johnston
David Johnston established the Centre for Translation and Interpreting at Queen's University in 2004 and is now Emeritus Professor of Translation in the Centre. He has published extensively on the relationship between theory, practice and representation in the translation process, and has given invited lectures in thirty countries. He is a multi award-winning translator for the stage, described in Comedia Performance as 'the most innovative translator of Spanish Golden Age drama in the twenty-first century', and an elected member of the Academia Europaea, the pan-European academy for excellence in the arts, humanities and sciences.
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