''Rob Roy'' (''Rob Roy, the Gregarach'') is an 1818 play by English playwright

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, based on the 1817 novel ''Rob Roy'' by

Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels ''Ivanhoe'', ''Rob Roy (n ...

. The play was first performed 25 March 1818 at

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, with a cast including

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as Dougal. Another popular stage version of ''Rob Roy'', by

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, performed with traditional Scottish songs, was also premiered in 1818 and frequently revived thereafter.Cameron, Alasdair
"Scott, ''Rob Roy'' and the National Drama"

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, 1988, accessed 11 June 2020

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{{Reflist 1818 plays Plays based on real people Plays set in Scotland Plays set in the 18th century Adaptations of works by Walter Scott Cultural depictions of Rob Roy MacGregor