sentences:  This degree course allowed him to perform in three Shakespeare plays per year while at school, and led to McTavish earning his equity card after performing in a play by Samuel Beckett.Early in his career, McTavish did theatre work with the repertory theatres of London's West End and at the Dundee Rep with colleagues that included Jimmy Logan and Robert Robertson.McTavish's first professional role, in 1986, was in episode two of Walt Disney's mini-series Return to Treasure Island.