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James Scotland

JAMES SCOTLAND

  (1917 - 1983)
Nationality:    Scottish
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below is a list of James Scotland's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Baptie's Lass         Burning Question, The         Cambusdonald Royal         Daurk Assize         Day Of Wrath         Fawcett         Friends of the People         Girl of the Golden City         Grand Finale         Hallowe'en         Highlander         Himself When Young         Hogmanay         Holy Terror, The         Honours of Drumlie         Hundred Thousand Welcomes, A         Lucinda         Lucy, Lucy, Lucy         Moon Cactus         Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad         Rape of the Mace         Shilling for the Beadle         Sorcerer's Tale, The         Surgeon For Lucinda         Union Riots         We'll Go No More A'reivin         Whisky Galore         Wild Geese At Midnight

Baptie's Lass

Synopsis:
A penniless Border Lord tames the wilful daughter of a rich merchant

Notes:
Based on "the Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
(Scottish Plays No. 206). Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1973   -

Music:
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Genre:
Caledonian Rant One act

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Burning Question, The

Synopsis:
A very important member of the Royal Family is due to open a Tourist Centre when scandal concerning one of his bailies reaches the ears of the Lord Provost

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1975   -

Music:
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Genre:
Scottish / Black Comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Cambusdonald Royal

Synopsis:
When their convent burns down the nuns are put up in a nearby monastery - they bring their secret liqueur recipe with them

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Edinburgh Festival    1973

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1974   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Daurk Assize

Synopsis:
the Morality of Everyman Told In Scots

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Aberdeen College of Education    1965

Organisations:
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1st Published:
(Scottish Plays No. 217). Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1975   -

Music:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Day Of Wrath

Synopsis:
A band of pilgrims arrive at an inn for the night. All but one meet their doom

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
(Scottish Plays No. 196). Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1977   -

Music:
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Genre:
Scottish Drama With Verse

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Fawcett

Synopsis:
Fawcett's business has not been going too well. He buys an old desk and discovers it has a secret drawer

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
(Scottish Plays No. 218). Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1976   -

Music:
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Genre:
Sabbatical Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Friends of the People

Synopsis:
the Sheriff of Lanark discovers there are two rebels in his house

Notes:
One Act version of "Wild Geese"

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
(Scottish Plays No. 204). Brown, Son & Ferguson, nd   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy in Scots One act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Girl of the Golden City

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
(Scottish Plays No. 216). Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1975   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play with Folk Music

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Grand Finale

Synopsis:
With the advent of the "talkies" a group of players face the end of their careers on stage

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
(Scottish Plays No. 203). Brown, Son & Ferguson, nd   -

Music:
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Genre:
Scots Comedy in 1 Act Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Hallowe'en

Synopsis:
A group of monks want to impress a potential benefactor so they cast a spell

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
(Scottish Plays No. 202). Brown, Son & Ferguson, nd   -

Music:
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Genre:
Decameronian Adventure One act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Highlander

Synopsis:
A D 30 and a prisoner is being interrogated at the home of the High Priest in Jerusalem

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
(Scottish Plays No. 209). Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1975   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play One Act

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Himself When Young

Synopsis:
the Laird of Gleniscar went missing twenty years ago after the Battle of Culloden. His wife has many wooers. A one-eyed tinker arrives with a strange story

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    1975

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
play One Act

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Hogmanay

Synopsis:
Hogmanay 1461 and the monks at the monastery find that they are in trouble and it concerns a group of distressed nuns

Notes:
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Genre:
play One Act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Holy Terror, The

Synopsis:
A sparkling Scots comedy loosely based on Moliere's 'Tartuffe'. This play loses nothing of it's original earthiness in it's successful transplant into 17th century Edinburgh.

Notes:
Freely Adapted from Moliere's 'Tartuffe'.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1978   -

Music:
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Genre:
Scottish Historical Comedy Comedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Honours of Drumlie

Synopsis:
the Jacobite army is in retreat back to Scotland they arrive in the Lanarkshire town of Drumlie

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Citizens Theatre, Glasgow    1955

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1972   -

Music:
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Genre:
Scottish Comedy in Three Acts Comedy

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  7            Other:  -

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Hundred Thousand Welcomes, A

Synopsis:
the ladies of a small Scottish village have their lives disrupted when some tycoons arrive searching for oil

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Brown and Ferguson 1982   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  8            Other:  -

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Lucinda

Synopsis:
Two tobacco tycoons battle it out. the daughter of one falls in love with an excise man

Notes:
Music by Arthur Blake. the play "Lucy, Lucy, Lucy" with music

1st Produced:
Edinburgh Festival    1958

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1974   -

Music:
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Genre:
Scottish Comedy in Three Acts Comedy

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  8            Other:  -

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Lucy, Lucy, Lucy

Synopsis:
Two tobacco tycoons battle it out. the daughter of one falls in love with an excise man

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1973   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy of the Tobacco Lords in Three Acts

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  8            Other:  -

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Moon Cactus

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad

Synopsis:
A young Scottish student plays a strange tune on his whistle and a visitor appears

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
(Scottish Plays No. 212). Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1975   -

Music:
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Genre:
Episode One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Rape of the Mace

Synopsis:
the absent minded professor of Church History finds himself in trouble when the University's mace goes missing

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
(Scottish Plays No. 210). Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1975   -

Music:
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Genre:
Collegiate Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Shilling for the Beadle

Synopsis:
He has been finding it increasingly difficult to keep his family on the salary he earns - when an old college friend arrives with a scheme to make money

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
(Scottish Plays No. 201). Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1970   -

Music:
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Genre:
Scots Comedy in 1 Act Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Sorcerer's Tale, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Edinburgh    1968

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1973   -

Music:
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Genre:
Hallowe'en Bleeze

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Surgeon For Lucinda

Synopsis:
When her Father disapproves of her choice for husband the young woman and her maid hatch a plot

Notes:
Freely Adapted from Moliere's comedy 'L'Amour Medecin'

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
(Scottish Plays No. 205). Brown, Son & Ferguson, nd   -

Music:
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Genre:
Glasgow Fairy Tale One act

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Union Riots

Synopsis:
the Lord Provost of Glasgow believes that his son is too good for the woman he wants to marry

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
(Scottish Plays No. 207). Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1973   -

Music:
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Genre:
Scottish Comedy in 1 Act One act

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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We'll Go No More A'reivin

Synopsis:
the wives of two Border Lairds try to bring their husbands to their senses

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
(Scottish Plays No. 211). Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1975   -

Music:
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Genre:
Border Legend Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Whisky Galore

Synopsis:
the inhabitants of two Hebridean islands cannot believe their luck when the SS Cabinet Minister runs aground

Notes:
From the Novel by Compton Mackenzie

1st Produced:
Edinburgh Festival    1966

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1975   -

Music:
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Genre:
Scottish Comedy in Three Acts Comedy

Parts:
Male:  16            Female:  8            Other:  -

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Wild Geese At Midnight

Synopsis:
the Sheriff of Lanark discovers there are two rebels in his house

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Edinburgh Festival    1970

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Scottish Comedy Comedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  -

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