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 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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