The Wallace: A Triumph In Five Acts
by Sydney Goodsir Smith
by Sydney Goodsir Smith
The Wallace tells the story of William Wallace's transformation from an ordinary man to a radical freedom fighter and leader as he confronts the English king Edward I during his final days.
About The Event
About The Play
We regret that, due to funding issues, we have had to cancel the planned full production of THE WALLACE. Instead, we will be presenting a staged reading of the play for one performance only on Monday, 15 September 2014 at 7.30pm
Commissioned by the Finborough Theatre as part of its Scotland Decides/Tha Alba a’taghadh2014 season to coincide with the Scottish Independence Referendum on Thursday 18 September 2014, a Scottish theatre classic, unseen in England, the English premiere of The Wallace, directed by exciting young director Jamie Jackson.
A country without rule.
A radical young freedom fighter.
An elderly king.
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, Sydney Goodsir Smith’s spectacular retelling of William Wallace’s final years receives its English premiere at the Finborough Theatre. Goodsir Smith presents his version of a life previously dramatised in Mel Gibson’s film Braveheart.