A popular novel by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1817.

Also the name of a play, based on the novel, by Henry Murray (1818), or the shortened name given to a number of adaptations of the novel in 1818 and following.

While the authors of the adaptations are not always credited (the play even credited to Scott in some instances), other recognized stage versions to follow include: Rob Roy Macgregor; or, Auld Lang Syne! by Isaac Pocock; Rob Roy by Henry Murray (1818); Rob Roy, The Gregarach by George Soame (1818); and later Roy's Wife, or The Clachan of Aberfoil (Anon, 1825).

Performance history in South Africa

1823: A play called Rob Roy and credited to Scott, was performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the amateur company English Theatricals on 20 December, with All the World's a Stage (Jackman). It is most likely that this was the widely known Pocock version, though it may have been the Murray text.