The Two Roberts by Damian Barr
The Two Roberts is a fictional reimagining of the lifelong love between working-class artists Robert MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun. They met as students at Glasgow School of Art in 1933. They fell in love almost immediately and rarely left each other's side - meeting great success and bitter failure but always staying committed to art and each other.
They were at the heart of a social set that included Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon and Elizabeth Smart - living an out Bohemian life, whatever the consequences. Tender, bold and deeply personal, The Two Roberts is a timely love-letter to these almost forgotten queer Scottish pioneers, exploring what it means to discover your voice as an artist, to find love when it's forbidden and to change the way the world sees. Prepare to fall in love.
