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Sydney Goodsir Smith

SYDNEY GOODSIR SMITH

  (1915 - 1975)
Nationality:    Scottish
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Playwright Sydney Goodsir Smith (19151975) was a poet, artist, dramatist and novelist. Born in New Zealand, Goodsir Smith moved to Edinburgh as a young child, this would provide the inspiration for his development as a writer in scots, and a prominent figure in the Scottish Literary Renaissance; publishing a variety of novels, plays and poetry.

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below is a list of Sydney Goodsir Smith's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Blood on the Snow         Bull of Crete, The         Colickie Meg         Culloden         Jolly Beggars, The         King Stobo         Laughter of the Gods, The         Minos, a Fable         Noctes Ambrosianae         Orpheus and Eurydice         Rutt of Spring, or the Merrie Life and Dowie Daith of Colickie Meg, The         Sheperd of Ettrick, The         Tricky Callant, The         Wallace (Pt2), The         Wallace, The

Blood on the Snow

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Genre:
MS and typescript

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Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Sydney Goodsir Smith - Acc.10426/8A

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Bull of Crete, The

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Genre:
Typescript

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Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Sydney Goodsir Smith - MS.26130

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Colickie Meg

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-    1949-50

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Typescript

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Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Sydney Goodsir Smith - MS.26131

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Culloden

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-    1962

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Genre:
Manuscript

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Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Sydney Goodsir Smith - MS.26137

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Jolly Beggars, The

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1st Produced:
-    1960

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Manuscript

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Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Sydney Goodsir Smith - MS.26133

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King Stobo

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-    c.1973

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Genre:
Typescript

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Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Sydney Goodsir Smith - MS.26139

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Laughter of the Gods, The

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-    c.1945

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Genre:
Typescript and carbon

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Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Sydney Goodsir Smith - MSS.26128-9

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Minos, a Fable

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-    1961

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Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Sydney Goodsir Smith - Acc.10426/7

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Noctes Ambrosianae

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Genre:
Manuscript and typescript

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Sydney Goodsir Smith - MS.26140

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Orpheus and Eurydice

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Genre:
Typescript

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Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Moultrie R Kelsall - Acc.7716/34

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Rutt of Spring, or the Merrie Life and Dowie Daith of Colickie Meg, The

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1st Produced:
-    1949-50

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Genre:
Carbon typescript

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Sydney Goodsir Smith - Acc.11806/5

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Sheperd of Ettrick, The

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-    1939-61

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Genre:
Film script

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Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Sydney Goodsir Smith - MS.26141

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Tricky Callant, The

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1st Produced:
-    1974

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Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Sydney Goodsir Smith - Acc.10397/7

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Wallace (Pt2), The

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1st Produced:
-    1959

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Genre:
Typescript

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Sydney Goodsir Smith - MS.26132

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Wallace, The

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A thrilling and emotionally charged account of one of Scotland's greatest heroes. At 27, William Wallace is a little known outlaw. Within a year, having defeated an English army at the battle of Falkirk, he is appointed guardian of Scotland. Barely five years later, he is captured by the English army and put on trial in London as the most wanted man in the British Isles. The Wallace tells the story of William Wallace's radicalisation as an ordinary man is transformed through the love of his country into a leader and warrior, and offers a unique interpretation of his final days - culminating in an explosive and devastating confrontation with the King of England, Edward I. Using a richly poetic vernacular Scots, The Wallace was written in 1960, and originally premiered in the Assembly Hall at the Edinburgh Festival

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Assembly Hall at the Edinburgh Festival    1960

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1st Published:
Oliver and Boyd 1960   -

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Genre:
historical play

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Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Sydney Goodsir Smith - MSS.26169-79

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