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ROBERT BURNS
A Play
By
John Drinkwater
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
1925
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COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
All dramatic rights in this play are reserved bythe author.
The music for Robert Burns has been composedby Frederick Austin, and the play may not beperformed without this.
The Riverside Press
CAMBRIDGE · MASSACHUSETTS
PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.
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FOR
DAVID
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THE CHARACTERS IN THE ORDER OF THEIRAPPEARANCE ARE
Nell
Robert Burns
Holy Willie
Landlord at the Inn
Tam Laurie
Michael
James Armour
A Factor
An Old Beggar
A Doxy
Another Beggar Woman
Gavin Hamilton
A Sheriff’s Officer
John Anderson
Mrs. Stewart of Stair
The Duchess of Gordon
Miss Taylor
Mrs. Ferguson
Mrs. Montgomery
Walter Scott
Mr. Robertson
Professor Ferguson
Dr. Blacklock
Lord Muir
Baliol White
Sam Ogilvie
Neil Simpson
‘Shy’ Duncan
Meg
Girl at Ellisland
Jean Armour
Willie Campbell
Mrs. Fergus
M’Pherson
Mr. Fenton
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ROBERT BURNS
SCENE I
A fine warm afternoon in late winter. A greenhillock at the edge of a ploughland. Apeasant girl, with mischief in her movement,runs on, and looks from the hillockup and down the furrows. Then she fixesher gaze on some object in the distance, andafter a moment sings—
Nell: