Wallace, the Hero of Scotland
Wallace, the Hero of Scotland is a drama in three acts by an anonymous author.
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The original text
Based on the life of William Wallace (Braveheart)[], nothing is known of the original play, but a Juvenile Drama (i.e. an illustrated toy theatre) version of a play by this title was published in Edinburgh by Hodgeson and Co, in 1822.
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
Graeme Morton. 2014. William Wallace. A National Tale Edinburgh University Press[1]
Edward J. Cowan. 2007. The Wallace Book. Edinburgh: John Donald, E-book by Birlinn (2012)[2]
Archive Exhibition of Hodgson's Juvenile Drama: The British Stage in Miniature 1821-1840, held at the Guildhall Library in 2007[3]
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