It was the theatre show created to mark Celtic’s glittering Centenary Season in 1988. But one of Scotland’s most successful actors has told how producers narrowly avoided a mis-step that would have put a Rangers legend at the heart of the Hoops’ celebrations.
Actor and director Peter Mullan, who appeared onstage in The Celtic Story in 1988, has revealed how he and co-star Davie McKay stepped in to prevent a Rangers legend taking the limelight onstage at Glasgow’s Pavilion.
Stars of Billy McNeill’s double-winning team, including Frank McAvennie, Paul McStay, Pat Bonner and Billy Stark, surprised audiences at the end of the show each night by emerging from a birthday cake holding the Scottish Cup on stage.
When the production ran out of Celtic players, the late David MacLennan, who founded the show’s production company Wildcat, had an idea.Mullan said: “David, God bless him, suggested John Greig [the former Rangers manager and player].
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