Elizabeth’s “weeks away” in Edinburgh had enabled Macarthur to continue appearing in stage productions, acting in everything from the classics to pantomime. “The lady laird is so elegant and sophisticated, whereas panto represents the other me.”Later, in her most moving television performance, Macarthur played Kitty McVurrich in John McGrath’s 1993 play The Long Roads. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Edith Macarthur and Neil McKinven in Wiping My Mother’s Arse by Ian Heggie at the Edinburgh festival in 2001. Alongside studies at the Royal College of Music, Glasgow, in the mid-1940s, Macarthur worked at the Admiralty’s Chart and Chronometer depot in Saltcoats. • Edith Macarthur, actor, born 8 March 1926; died 25 April 2018

Source: The Guardian May 07, 2018 13:41 UTC