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This is not the first time that Peter Arnott, the prolific Scottish dramatist, has explored the Tay Bridge disaster of December 28, 1879. [Full article requires subscription. -RS]
(Permalink) Perth Theatre Play Tay Bridge Disaster Tay Bridge [1st] The Signalman Theatre


Tay Bridge [1st]: A damaged beam from the original Tay Bridge. On display in the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.
Ewan Crawford //2005

A terrible train crash on a stormy December night returns to the memory of the man who let the train cross the Tay Bridge ... all is revealed in the ghostly new drama production, Perth Theatre's 'The Signalman'.
(Permalink) Perth Theatre Play Tay Bridge Disaster Tay Bridge [1st] The Signalman Theatre


Tay Bridge [1st]: A damaged beam from the original Tay Bridge. On display in the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.
Ewan Crawford //2005

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