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Demonstrates how Walter Scott, one of Romanticism's most globally influential authors, put Scotland's ecologies at the heart of nineteenth-century writing.
Excerpt from Guy Mannering; Or the Gipsey's Prophecy: A Musical Play in Three Acts The Musical Play of "Guy Mannering, or The Gipsey's Prophecy," was dramatized by Daniel Terry, the popular author and actor, from the novel of that name, by Sir Walter Scott, and was first produced at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London, in the spring of 1816; it was eminently successful, and still continues popular with the theatrical public on both sides of the Atlantic. We are not in favor of a class of compositions, or adaptations, hostile, as we believe, to the best interests of the Drama; still, we must admit that Mr. Terry has admirably arranged "Guy Mannering" for the stage; the new matter harmonizes and forms a piece with the old, and it requires an intimate knowledge of the original, to distinguish between them. Terry was an intimate and valued friend of the, then, "Great Unknown," with what he was in constant correspondence; and we may infer, that the novelist himself had some hand in the present adaptation. Lockhart, in his life of Scott, observes "what share the novelist himself had in the first specimen of what he called "Terry-fying," I cannot exactly say: but his correspondence shows that the pretty song of the Lullaby was not his only contribution to it, and I imagine that he had taken the trouble to modify the plot, and re-arrange for stage purposes a considerable part of the original dialogue." It is curious to notice in the correspondence with Terry, Sir W. Scott's anxiety, and suggestions, to avoid the risk of discovery, through the introduction of the song alluded to: which had in the mean time been communicated to Alexander Campbell, editor of Albyn's Anthology. Sir W. Scott did not avow himself as the author of the Waverley novels until February. 1827; and Terry was one of the twenty of his friends, to whom the secret had been confided, and by whom it had been so carefully guarded. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
