Linda McLean & Riccardo Galgani 
Family: Three Plays (NHB Modern Plays) 

A triptych of short plays on the theme of family, from three generations of Scottish writers.
Acts by Riccardo Galgani: an old couple have not seen their son in years. One day he walks back into their lives, bringing with him a pictureless picture frame and a set of half-recalled memories of a time when they were happy. Maybe.
One Good Beating by Linda Mc Lean: a grown-up brother and sister exact revenge on their violent father by locking him in the coalshed as retribution for years of sniping, bullying and pain. But he's not defeated. Yet…
The Visitor by Iain Crichton Smith: a schoolmaster on the verge of retirement is confronted by a mysterious young man wishing to pay his respects.
The triptych Family was first staged at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in 1999.

About the author

Iain Crichton Smith, OBE was a Scottish poet and novelist, who wrote in both English and Gaelic. He was born in Glasgow, but moved to the Isle of Lewis at the age of two. He was educated at the University of Aberdeen and after serving in the National Service Army Education Corps, went on to become a teacher. He taught in Clydebank, Dumbarton and Oban from 1952, retiring to become a full-time writer in 1977, although he already had many novels and poems published.