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Bessie Dunlop Witch o Dalry
By: John Hodgart
2 hrs and 27 mins
Drama & Plays
Based on Historical Records
Historical Fiction
Scottish
Based on the historical record of Bessie Dunlop’s ‘confession’ to witchcraft in sixteenth-century Scotland, Bessie Dunlop, the Witch o Dalry is a three-act play for schools suitable for BGE and S3–S4 students. The language of the play introduces students to different levels and varieties of Scots and English, and the book also contains teaching notes, suggestions for classroom activities, and questions for discussion or writing.
Directed by: Mark Thomson
Karen Barthe as Bessie
Alex Hope as Andrew
Sean Brown as Andra Jack
Dale McFadzean as Jamie Dougall
Recording Engineer: Stevie Bull
Community Cast Members:
Josh Kenovan as Minister / Tom Reid
Donna Morrison as Maggie Jack
Oriana Strahan as Ailie
Rosie Strahan as Jeanie
Steven Reid as Auld Tam Reid / James Blair
Valerie Provan as Lizzie
Anne Grant as Jenny
Kirsty Strahan as Margaret Symple
Alister Sim as Elkie
Steven Richmond as Wulkie /Henry Jamieson
Ronnie Guffie as James Cunningham / Gabriel Blak
Steven Reid as Auld Tam Reid / James Blair
Drew Young as William Blair / Johnie Blak
James Dippie as Gibby / Geordie Blak / Interrogator
Alistair Sim as James Baird
Donald Reid as James Boyd, Bishop of Glasgow
Jennifer Harkins as Narrator 1
Mari-Clare Turnbull as Narrator 2
Julie Walters as Narrator 3
Susan McCabe as Isa
Carol Young as Martha
Pat Douglas as Lady Johnstoun
Lorna Manson as Grizell Johnstoun / Jintie
Ellen Hart as Catherine Dunlop
Stephen Richmond as The Laird of Stainlee
Hazel Wylie as Lady Blair / Narrator 4
Kenzie Sharkey as Janet Blair
Kate Connell as Elspeth Blair
Cameron Seaward as Hew Scott / Bishops Clerk
Mark Thomson as William Kyle / Interrogator
Jacqueline Carson as Mailie Boyd
John Hodgart as Jailer / Auld Wull / Clerk / Interrogator
Hazel Wylie as Lady Blair / Narrator 4
Willie Wallace as The Laird of Whittinghame / Advocate 1 / Interrogator
Alex Findlay as George Auchenleck of Ballmanno / Advocate 2
Songs:
Psalm by the cast, tutored by Kathryn and Caitlin Turner
Sprig o Rowan by Lorna Manson, James Dippie and cast
The Ballad o Bessie's Brew by James Dippie and cast
I Had a Love and Fine Flooers in the Valley by Eilidh May Hill
Whistle Music by John Hodgart