Robert Burns: A play - John Drinkwater

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The music for Robert Burns has been composed by Frederick Austin, and the play may not be performed without this.

The Riverside Press
CAMBRIDGE · MASSACHUSETTS
PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.

FOR
DAVID

THE CHARACTERS IN THE ORDER OF THEIR APPEARANCE ARE

Nell
Robert Burns
Holy Willie
Landlord at the Inn
Tam Laurie
Michael
James Armour
A Factor
An Old Beggar
A Doxy
Another Beggar Woman
Gavin Hamilton
A Sheriff’s Officer
John Anderson
Mrs. Stewart of Stair
The Duchess of Gordon
Miss Taylor
Mrs. Ferguson
Mrs. Montgomery
Walter Scott
Mr. Robertson
Professor Ferguson
Dr. Blacklock
Lord Muir
Baliol White
Sam Ogilvie
Neil Simpson
‘Shy’ Duncan
Meg
Girl at Ellisland
Jean Armour
Willie Campbell
Mrs. Fergus
M’Pherson
Mr. Fenton

ROBERT BURNS

SCENE I

A fine warm afternoon in late winter. A green hillock at the edge of a ploughland. A peasant girl, with mischief in her movement, runs on, and looks from the hillock up and down the furrows. Then she fixes her gaze on some object in the distance, and after a moment sings—