Brian Cox returns to Scottish stage as Sherwood writer tackles RBS scandal

Succession star will play ghost of Adam Smith in James Graham's operatic' drama about the 2008 financial crash

The Dundee-born actor Brian Cox will return to the Scottish stage for the first time in a decade to play the ghost of the Scottish economist Adam Smith, a role he created for himself, in the first major drama to tell the story of Royal Bank of Scotland's role in the 2008 financial crash.

Cox, whose performance as the ailing patriarch and media mogul Logan Roy in TV's acclaimed Succession won him a Golden Globe and multiple Emmy nominations, will play the Enlightenment-era economist in Make It Happen, an operatic in scale" production for the National Theatre of Scotland by the playwright and screenwriter James Graham.