‘A’ that’s past forget – forgie’: National Drama and the Construction of Scottish National Identity on the Nineteenth-Century Stage

Authors

Paula Sledzinska, University of AberdeenFollow

Abstract

Focused on dramatic adaptations of Walter Scott’s Rob Roy and Waverley for the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, by Isaac Pocock and John W. Calcraft, this essay explores "how the conflicted Lowland and Highland traditions became incorporated into the new image of the nation," offering "a theatrical reflection of the dynamic process of identity building in the nineteenth-century Scotland."

Recommended Citation

Sledzinska, Paula (2018) "‘A’ that’s past forget – forgie’: National Drama and the Construction of Scottish National Identity on the Nineteenth-Century Stage," Studies in Scottish Literature: Vol. 44: Iss. 2, 37–50.
Available at: https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/ssl/vol44/iss2/5