This one-act comedy Tollerators and Con-Tollerators (1703) provides a sharply-observed and remarkably even-handed perspective on Scottish politics and religion in the years just before the Act of Union. Set in Edinburgh, it features satiric portraits of the leading wheelers and dealers both in the Scottish parliament and the church's General Assembly. The only known source for the play does not name the author, but the text is closely connected through provenance with the Jacobite poet, playwright and physician Dr. Archibald Pitcairne (1652-1713). This reprint makes the play easily available...
This one-act comedy Tollerators and Con-Tollerators (1703) provides a sharply-observed and remarkably even-handed perspective on Scottish politics and...