Arran-born author and playwright Gordon MacLeod has released his latest book, entitled Arran Dramas. The book, a compilation of five dramatic works, features three plays for stage performance, one for radio broadcast and one for the screen.
The title is because all five works are set on Arran, so for some there will be many familiar places, but absolutely no familiar faces to read about. Through his work, he hopes the plays will primarily entertain, while conveying a little of the beauty, history and life of the island and its people.
When asked what influenced him to write these new works and of their subject matter, Gordon, who now lives in Southport, said: ‘The book contains several dedications to people who have had a significant role in my life and, unusually for me, I even start this one with an introduction to try to give some insights that might go some way towards answering that question. In terms of the five works, they range from crime through to the supernatural, but they also provide a social commentary on anything from the structures that exist in society and the way it is ordered, through to some serious questions about how some issues are dealt within our contemporary society’.