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The Fair Maid of Perth by Walter Scott
bookshelves: published-1828, spring-2013, fradio, play-dramatisation, classic, britain-scotland, radio-4, medieval5c-16c, historical-fiction
Read on April 14, 2013
[image error]Not one of Walter Scott’s finest novels, this dramatisation is a joy for its simplification of an over-elaborate plot.
Robert III of Scotland 14 August 1337 – April 1406
BBC Blurb: A beautiful glover's daughter is romantically pursued by a warmongering blacksmith, a poetising prince, a hot-headed clansman and a bumbling bonnet-maker in lawless 14th century Scotland.
In Walter Scott's The Fair Maid of Perth, feeble King Robert III is failing to stop his beloved country being torn apart by warring clans and pillaging nobles - chaos reigns supreme. When our heroine, Catharine Glover, suffers heartbreak and tragedy at the hands of the vengeful Earl of March, a terrible dilemma presents itself.
Should she follow the dictates of her heart by marrying the man she loves - or should she obey her father's wish and shun a world of 'hard iron and barbaric cruelties' by betrothing herself to Christ?
Adapted for Radio by Scott Cherry. With David Tennant as Walter Scott
Ruth Wall sings and plays Gaelic Harp. Music composed and performed by Ross Hughes and Esben Tjalve.
Produced and directed by Clive Brill A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.
Perth
Robert III of Scotland 14 August 1337 – April 1406BBC Blurb: A beautiful glover's daughter is romantically pursued by a warmongering blacksmith, a poetising prince, a hot-headed clansman and a bumbling bonnet-maker in lawless 14th century Scotland.
In Walter Scott's The Fair Maid of Perth, feeble King Robert III is failing to stop his beloved country being torn apart by warring clans and pillaging nobles - chaos reigns supreme. When our heroine, Catharine Glover, suffers heartbreak and tragedy at the hands of the vengeful Earl of March, a terrible dilemma presents itself.
Should she follow the dictates of her heart by marrying the man she loves - or should she obey her father's wish and shun a world of 'hard iron and barbaric cruelties' by betrothing herself to Christ?
Adapted for Radio by Scott Cherry. With David Tennant as Walter Scott
Ruth Wall sings and plays Gaelic Harp. Music composed and performed by Ross Hughes and Esben Tjalve.
Produced and directed by Clive Brill A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.
Perth
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