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JAMES SCOTLAND (1917 - 1983) |
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Plays by James Scotland |
Baptie's Lass | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | (Scottish Plays No. 206). Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42838 | |||
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Genre: | Caledonian Rant One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Based on "The Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare | |||||
Synopsis: | A penniless Border Lord tames the wilful daughter of a rich merchant | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Burning Question, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1975 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #31161 | |||
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Genre: | Scottish / Black Comedy One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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 | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Cambusdonald Royal | ||
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh Festival | 1973 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1974 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42839 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | When their convent burns down the nuns are put up in a nearby monastery - they bring their secret liqueur recipe with them | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Daurk Assize | ||
| 1st Produced: | Aberdeen College of Education | 1965 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | (Scottish Plays No. 217). Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1975 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42840 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The Morality of Everyman Told In Scots | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Day Of Wrath | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | (Scottish Plays No. 196). Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1977 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #31162 | |||
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Genre: | Scottish Drama With Verse | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A band of pilgrims arrive at an inn for the night. All but one meet their doom | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Fawcett | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | (Scottish Plays No. 218). Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1976 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42841 | |||
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Genre: | Sabbatical Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Fawcett's business has not been going too well. He buys an old desk and discovers it has a secret drawer | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Friends of The People | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | (Scottish Plays No. 204). Brown, Son & Ferguson, nd | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42842 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy in Scots One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | One act version of "Wild Geese" | |||||
Synopsis: | The Sheriff of Lanark discovers there are two rebels in his house | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Girl of the Golden City | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | (Scottish Plays No. 216). Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1975 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42843 | |||
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Genre: | Play with Folk Music | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Grand Finale | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | (Scottish Plays No. 203). Brown, Son & Ferguson, nd | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42844 | |||
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Genre: | Scots Comedy in 1 Act Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | With the advent of the "talkies" a group of players face the end of their careers on stage | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hallowe'en | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | (Scottish Plays No. 202). Brown, Son & Ferguson, nd | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42845 | |||
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Genre: | Decameronian Adventure One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A group of monks want to impress a potential benefactor so they cast a spell | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Highlander | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | (Scottish Plays No. 209). Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1975 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42846 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A D 30 and a prisoner is being interrogated at the home of the High Priest in Jerusalem | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Himself When Young | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1975 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #53808 | |||
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Genre: | play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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 | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hogmanay | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #53807 | |||
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Genre: | play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Hogmanay 1461 and the monks at the monastery find that they are in trouble and it concerns a group of distressed nuns | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Holy Terror, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1978 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #31163 | |||
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Genre: | Scottish Historical Comedy Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Freely adapted from Moliere's 'Tartuffe'. | |||||
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. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Honours of Drumlie | ||
| 1st Produced: | Citizens Theatre, Glasgow | 1955 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1972 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42847 | |||
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Genre: | Scottish Comedy in Three Acts Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The Jacobite army is in retreat back to Scotland they arrive in the Lanarkshire town of Drumlie | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hundred Thousand Welcomes, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Brown and Ferguson 1982 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #96023 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 8 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The ladies of a small Scottish village have their lives disrupted when some tycoons arrive searching for oil | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Lucinda | ||
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh Festival | 1958 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1974 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42848 | |||
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Genre: | Scottish Comedy in Three Acts Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 8 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Arthur Blake. The play "Lucy, Lucy, Lucy" with music | |||||
Synopsis: | Two tobacco tycoons battle it out. The daughter of one falls in love with an excise man | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Lucy, Lucy, Lucy | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42849 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy of the Tobacco Lords in Three Acts | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 8 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Two tobacco tycoons battle it out. The daughter of one falls in love with an excise man | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Moon Cactus | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42850 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | (Scottish Plays No. 212). Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1975 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42851 | |||
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Genre: | Episode One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A young Scottish student plays a strange tune on his whistle and a visitor appears | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Rape of the Mace | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | (Scottish Plays No. 210). Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1975 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42852 | |||
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Genre: | Collegiate Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The absent minded professor of Church History finds himself in trouble when the University's mace goes missing | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Shilling for the Beadle | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | (Scottish Plays No. 201). Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1970 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42853 | |||
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Genre: | Scots Comedy in 1 Act Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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 | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sorcerer's Tale, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh | 1968 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #31164 | |||
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Genre: | Hallowe'en Bleeze | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Surgeon For Lucinda | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | (Scottish Plays No. 205). Brown, Son & Ferguson, nd | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42854 | |||
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Genre: | Glasgow Fairy Tale One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Freely adapted from Moliere's comedy 'L'Amour Medecin' | |||||
Synopsis: | When her father disapproves of her choice for husband the young woman and her maid hatch a plot | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Union Riots | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | (Scottish Plays No. 207). Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42855 | |||
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Genre: | Scottish Comedy in 1 Act One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The Lord Provost of Glasgow believes that his son is too good for the woman he wants to marry | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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We'll Go No More A'Reivin | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | (Scottish Plays No. 211). Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1975 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42856 | |||
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Genre: | Border Legend Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The wives of two Border Lairds try to bring their husbands to their senses | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Whisky Galore | ||
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh Festival | 1966 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1975 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42857 | |||
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Genre: | Scottish Comedy in Three Acts Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 16 | Female | 8 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | From the Novel by Compton Mackenzie | |||||
Synopsis: | The inhabitants of two Hebridean islands cannot believe their luck when the SS Cabinet Minister runs aground | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Wild Geese At Midnight | ||
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh Festival | 1970 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42858 | |||
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Genre: | Scottish Comedy Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The Sheriff of Lanark discovers there are two rebels in his house | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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