The King of Scots

By Robert Kemp

Price:

£4.00

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ISBN:

978-0-85174-550-3

Acts:

1

Females:

5

Males:

16

Item details

This popular heroic drama in blank verse, first performed in the Nave of Dunfermline Abbey during the 1951 Edinburgh Festival, captures the full sweep of the great events that created a nation, ending with the battle of Bannockburn. It is an exciting and colourful pageant of the most important period of Scottish history, with scenes like the murder of Comyn, Bruce's coronation and flight to Orkney, and the tragic imprisonment of the Countess of Buchan in a cage on the wall of Berwick Castle, all leading to the triumphant conclusion. The characters are deftly realised, and the great set- pieces are vividly executed.