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− | Based on the life of William Wallace (Braveheart)[], nothing is known of the original play, but a version of a play by this title was published in Edinburgh by Hodgeson and Co, in 1822 in his series of [ | + | Based on the life of William Wallace (Braveheart)[], nothing is known of the original play, but a version of a play by this title was published in Edinburgh by Hodgeson and Co, in 1822 in his series of "Juvenile Dramas"[http://www.toytheatre.net/JKG-History-1.htm], i.e. the popular parlour entertainment for children in the early 19th. century, utilizing an illustrated images of scenes and characters from existing texts to be "produced" in a toy theatre[http://www.toytheatre.net/JKG-History-1.htm]. |
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Graeme Morton. 2014. ''William Wallace. A National Tale'' Edinburgh University Press[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=kQHdCQAAQBAJ&pg=PT70&lpg=PT70&dq=Wallace,+the+Hero+of+Scotland+a+play+in+three+acts&source=bl&ots=rCDuWwqgMu&sig=E1iOTv5RpWfFkyI00cSx7p6Clcc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj8qraczuHcAhWFfMAKHbAfD8AQ6AEwCXoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=Wallace%2C%20the%20Hero%20of%20Scotland%20a%20play%20in%20three%20acts&f=false] | Graeme Morton. 2014. ''William Wallace. A National Tale'' Edinburgh University Press[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=kQHdCQAAQBAJ&pg=PT70&lpg=PT70&dq=Wallace,+the+Hero+of+Scotland+a+play+in+three+acts&source=bl&ots=rCDuWwqgMu&sig=E1iOTv5RpWfFkyI00cSx7p6Clcc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj8qraczuHcAhWFfMAKHbAfD8AQ6AEwCXoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=Wallace%2C%20the%20Hero%20of%20Scotland%20a%20play%20in%20three%20acts&f=false] |
Revision as of 07:05, 10 August 2018
Wallace, the Hero of Scotland is a drama in three acts by an anonymous author.
Contents
The original text
Based on the life of William Wallace (Braveheart)[], nothing is known of the original play, but a version of a play by this title was published in Edinburgh by Hodgeson and Co, in 1822 in his series of "Juvenile Dramas"[1], i.e. the popular parlour entertainment for children in the early 19th. century, utilizing an illustrated images of scenes and characters from existing texts to be "produced" in a toy theatre[2].
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
(For more on contemporary responses to the performances, see the entry on the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot)
Sources
http://www.toytheatre.net/JKG-History-1.htm
Graeme Morton. 2014. William Wallace. A National Tale Edinburgh University Press[3]
Edward J. Cowan. 2007. The Wallace Book. Edinburgh: John Donald, E-book by Birlinn (2012)[4]
Archive Exhibition of Hodgson's Juvenile Drama: The British Stage in Miniature 1821-1840, held at the Guildhall Library in 2007[5]
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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