Gerda Stevenson

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Gerda Stevenson
Born Peeblesshire, Scotland

Gerda Stevenson is a Scottish actress, director and writer, described by The Scotsman in 1999 as "Scotland's finest actress". She has played a vast range of parts in the theatre, including both Desdemona and Lady MacBeth, and has appeared in many television dramas. She was Murren's mother in the Mel Gibson film Braveheart, and her voice is familiar to listeners of British radio, as a reader of short stories and adaptations. In particular, she has performed several poems and songs by Robert Burns for the BBC.[1]

As a writer she has adapted a number of works for radio: Self-Control by Mary Brunton in which Gerda played the part of Laura Montreville; For the Love of Willie by Agnes Owens in which Gerda played the part of Liza; The Heart of Midlothian by Sir Walter Scott for BBC Radio 4, nominated for a Sony Award in 2008, in which Gerda played the part of the heroine Jeanie Deans;[2] and most recently Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon.[3] She has written radio plays including: Island Blue,[4] Secrets: The Punter's Tale,[5] Secrets: The Escort's Tale[6] and The Apple Tree.[7] She directed the Afternoon Play The Price of a Fish Supper.[8]

Gerda Stevenson's partner is the Scottish Gaelic poet Aonghas MacNeacail and she has published poetry and stories herself.

Her father is the musician and composer Ronald Stevenson.[9] Her sister Savourna Stevenson (born 1961) has recorded many works on the Scottish harp.

[edit] Radio

Date Title Role Director Station
01982-09-1212 September 1982 – 01982-10-1010 October 1982 The Bride of Lammermoor BBC Radio 4
01985-05-1616 May 1985 Watching Waiters BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
01990-03-1313 March 1990 Fair Kirsten Marilyn Imrie BBC Radio 3
01990-06-011 June 1990 The Interview Reader Bruce Young BBC Radio 4 Morning Story
01990-06-1111 June 1990 Blood and Ice Marilyn Imrie BBC Radio 4 The Monday Play
01990-10-2727 October 1990 Witchwood BBC Radio 4 Saturday Playhouse
01995-02-077 February 1995 The Upshot BBC Radio 4 Thirty Minute Theatre
01997-12-1414 December 1997 The Secret Commonwealth Patrick Rayner BBC Radio 4
01998-01-2222 January 1998 Tam o'Shanter Hamish Wilson BBC Radio 4
01998-03-2121 March 1998
(Recorded on 22 February 1998)		 Camelot[10] Nimue BBC Radio 2
01999-12-066 December 1999 – 01999-12-1313 December 1999 Last Days of Mankind Giles Havergal BBC Radio 3 Sunday Play
02001-02-055 February 2001 – 02001-02-1616 February 2001 Telling Liddy Bridie Pam Wardell BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama
02001-02-1111 February 2001 Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off Mary, Queen of Scots / Marian Marilyn Imrie BBC Radio 4
02001-03-1111 March 2001 Every Bit of It Georgia Susan Roberts BBC Radio 4
02002-02-1919 February 2002 A Hundred Miles[11] Bruce Young BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
02002-08-2525 August 2002 – 02002-09-011 September 2002 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie[12] Jean Brodie Bruce Young BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial
02003-01-2525 January 2003 – 02003-02-011 February 2003 Inspector Rebus: The Falls[13] Jean Burchill Bruce Young BBC Radio 4 The Saturday Play
02003-03-3131 March 2003 – 02003-04-1111 April 2003 Self-Control Laura Montreville Bruce Young BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama
02003-05-066 May 2003 The Whole Story and Other Stories: Gothic by Ali Smith Reader David Jackson Young BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Reading
02004-04-055 April 2004 – 02004-04-099 April 2004 For the Love of Willie Liza Bruce Young BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama
02005-01-1010 January 2005 – 02005-01-2121 January 2005 The Gowk Storm Innkeeper's Wife David Ian Neville BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama
02005-03-3131 March 2005 Wooden Heart Uta Mary Ward Lowery BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
02005-05-1616 May 2005 A Breath from Other Planets Mathilde Bruce Young BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
02006-02-2525 February 2006 Christabel's Anarchist Christabel Bruce Young BBC Radio 4 Saturday Play
02006-08-077 August 2006 – 02006-10-022 October 2006 Paul Temple and the Sullivan Mystery[14] Steve Patrick Rayner BBC Radio 4
02006-08-3030 August 2006 The Madeleine Effect: Mangoes by Joanna Blythman Reader Kirsty Williams BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Reading
02007-09-099 September 2007 – 02007-09-1616 September 2007 The Heart of Midlothian[2] Jeanie Deans Bruce Young BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial
02008-03-2323 March 2008 The Muse of Rose Street[15] Reader Monise Durrani BBC Radio 4
02008-05-1616 May 2008 – 02008-07-044 July 2008 Paul Temple and the Madison Mystery[16] Steve Patrick Rayner BBC Radio 4
02009-12-044 December 2009 Distributing Dave[17] BBC Radio Scotland Drama
02009-12-2222 December 2009 The Three Knots[18] Old Woman Kirsty Williams BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
02010-06-1111 June 2010 – 02010-07-3030 July 2010 Paul Temple and Steve[19] Steve Patrick Rayner BBC Radio 4
02010-09-2323 September 2010 The Second Mr Bailey[20] Margaret Bruce Young BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
02011-01-2525 January 2011 The Culture Café: Completely Burns[21] Reader Esme Kennedy BBC Radio Scotland
02011-02-1414 February 2011 The Book Café[22] Reader BBC Radio Scotland
02011-02-2828 February 2011 Secrets: The Punter's Tale[5] Cara Bruce Young BBC Radio Scotland Drama
02011-05-088 May 2011 Hume, the Philosophical Historian[23] Reader Louise Yeoman BBC Radio 3 Sunday Feature
02011-08-2424 August 2011 – 02011-10-1212 October 2011 A Case for Paul Temple[24] Steve Patrick Rayner BBC Radio 4
02011-10-1212 October 2011 I Confess: The Power of the Confession[25] Isobel Gowdie Liza Greig BBC Radio 3 The Essay

[edit] References

  1. ^ BBC – Robert Burns – Works read by Gerda Stevenson
  2. ^ a b BBC – Classic Serial – The Heart of Midlothian
  3. ^ BBC – Classic Serial – Sunset Song
  4. ^ BBC – Woman's Hour Drama – Island Blue
  5. ^ a b BBC – BBC Radio Scotland – Secrets: The Punter's Tale
  6. ^ BBC – BBC Radio Scotland – Secrets: The Escort's Tale
  7. ^ BBC – Afternoon Play – The Apple Tree
  8. ^ BBC – Afternoon Play – The Price of a Fish Supper
  9. ^ Peebleshire News, 2009/07/31 Braveheart actress composes song for local school
  10. ^ CastAlbums » Camelot » BBC Radio 2 Cast
  11. ^ Scottish Theatre Archive – A Hundred Miles
  12. ^ Radio – Scattered dreams – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie – Sue Arnold, The Observer, 1 September 2002
  13. ^ BBC – The Saturday Play – Inspector Rebus: The Falls
  14. ^ BBC – Paul Temple – Paul Temple and the Sullivan Mystery
  15. ^ BBC – The Muse of Rose Street
  16. ^ BBC – Paul Temple – Paul Temple and the Madison Mystery
  17. ^ BBC – BBC Radio Scotland – Distributing Dave
  18. ^ BBC – Afternoon Play – The Three Knots
  19. ^ BBC – Paul Temple – Paul Temple and Steve
  20. ^ BBC – Afternoon Play – The Second Mr Bailey
  21. ^ BBC – BBC Radio Scotland – The Culture Café: Completely Burns
  22. ^ BBC – BBC Radio Scotland – The Book Café
  23. ^ BBC – Sunday Feature – Hume, the Philosophical Historian
  24. ^ BBC – Paul Temple – A Case for Paul Temple
  25. ^ BBC – The Essay – I Confess: The Power of the Confession

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