The Bush Aboon Traquair and the Royal Jubilee

Two of James Hogg's pastoral dramas with songs, presented here with full explanatory notes and glossary.

Written on the occasion of George IV's famous royal visit to Edinburgh in 1822, The Royal Jubilee is another pastoral drama with songs. In this 'Scottish Mask', Hogg brings a group of representative Scottish spirits to a 'romantic dell' on Arthur's Seat. The spirits (including an Ossianic Highlander who has suffered dispossession, and the ghost of an old Covenanter) give expression to past Scottish grievances against royalty, while indicating their hope that the King's visit will bring renewal and a fresh start. This potentially ambiguous expression of loyalty is further complicated by various Jacobite references and echoes as the spirits prepare to welcome a Hanoverian king, returning to the ancient kingdom of his Stuart ancestors.

Introduction
The Bush aboon Traquair
Version of the Wellington Fair-Copy Manuscript
Act First
Act Second
Act Third
Version of Blackie's Tales &
Sketches
Act First
Act Second
Act Third
The Royal Jubilee
Note on the Texts
Hyphenation List
Editorial Notes
Glossary.