Outlying Islands
(, Main)
Publishing Details
Outlying Islands
By (Author) David Greig
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
22nd July 2002
Main
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
822.914
Physical Properties
112
Width 126mm, Height 198mm, Spine 11mm
146g
Description
On the eve of the second world war, two young Cambridge ornithologists arrive on a remote, uninhabited Scottish island. With them on the island are Kirk, the authoritarian leaseholder, and his niece Ellen, a young woman in love with the stars of silent comedy. Left alone on a scrap of land surrounded by the vast Atlantic, they observe each other. Premiered at the Traverse, and transferring to the West End in Autumn 2002.
Author Bio
David Greig is a writer and theatre director. He was born in Edinburgh in 1969. His play Europe was performed at the Traverse Theatre in 1994. Since then, his plays, adaptations and musical scripts have been performed widely in the UK and around the world. In 1990 he co-founded Suspect Culture, who produced collaborative, experimental work until their funding was ended in 2010. In 2016 he became the Artistic Director of Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum Theatre. In 2023 he published his first novel, Columba's Bones.
