Publisher Description
This is the story of the infamous nineteenth-century Scottish grave robbers who weren’t Scottish and didn’t rob graves. They were actually Irish, and as robbing graves to supply the needs of Edinburgh’s anatomists proved to be rather hard work, they just took to murdering people—usually their neighbors—for profit. In collaboration with their common-law wives, they set about supplying corpses for Dr. John Knox, an eminent Scottish surgeon, with considerable enthusiasm and gusto. The play follows their business exploits from small beginnings, through their days of peak output, and on to the final reckoning—set against a world that is becoming recognizably modern.
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About Terry Newman
Terry Newman is a former medical research scientist who came into scriptwriting via comedy writing for the BBC and Channel 4. This part-time interest developed into a full-fledged occupation and he finally hung up his microscope for good in 2004. Since then he has written extensively, both drama and comedy, for film, television, radio, and online media throughout the world.
About a full cast
Gabra Zackman is an actress, author, and narrator who has won several AudioFile Earphones Awards. She was educated at Northwestern University. A classically trained actress, she has appeared in theaters all over the country as well as on film and television.