Play aims to unravel mystery of poet Nan Shepherd's masterwork
Production examines why Scottish poet's The Living Mountain lay unpublished in a drawer for 30 years Nan Shepherd, the Scottish poet and nature writer whose vivid reflections on her treks through the Cairngorms have brought posthumous acclaim, is celebrated in a new play that aims to unravel the mystery of why her masterwork remained unpublished in a drawer for 30 years. Shepherd is recognisable to many from her stri…