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McGonagall's Chronicles
The life of Dundee’s famously terrible poet is retold in verse that almost rhymes, fitting its subject’s own reputation.
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This biographical comedy follows Sir William Topaz McGonagall, the Dundee poet remembered as one of the world’s worst. His life is recounted in deliberately imperfect, almost-rhyming verse, adopting a form that mirrors the reputation of the man at its centre rather than presenting a conventional straight biography.
Biography filtered through deliberately rough rhyme, with the comedy coming from the tension between McGonagall’s grand poetic ambitions and his enduring reputation.
literary oddities, comic biography, deliberately awkward verse and stories about eccentric real-life figures.
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- From 20 Sept 2026
- Booking until 20 Sept 2026
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