Liddesdale
- Price:
- £1.50
Item attributes
- ISBN:
- 978-0-85174-379-0
- Acts:
- 1
- Females:
- 3
- Males:
- 3
Item details
In the year 1565, the Liddesdale valley in the Scottish borders was the scene of a violent feud between the powerful families of Scott and Elliot. Murder and robbery was widespread, often involving the innocent, such as Hob Elliot and his family. One night, while his wife, daughter and sister-in-law are alone, two men force their way into Hob Elliot's house. They are Scotts, intent on taking Hob's life in revenge for the murder of a Scott. As the tension mounts while they await the imminent return of the unsuspecting Hob, his wife makes a determined bid to foil the killers. The play is an unromantic and realistic depiction of the darkest side of 16th-century border life, and was the winner of the 1978 S.C.D.A. Playwriting Competition.
