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==The original text==
 
==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 Drama]]s, 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]].
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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 "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].
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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==Sources==
 
==Sources==
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http://www.toytheatre.net/JKG-History-1.htm
  
 
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.

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]

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