Wallace (play)

Wallace is an 1820 historical tragedy by the British writer Charles Edward Walker.

It portrays the Scottish leader William Wallace and the events surrounding his capture and execution, due to the betrayal of John de Menteith.

[2] The critic John Waldie, who saw the play in Newcastle four months after its London premiere, compared it to Richard Brinsley Sheridan's 1799 hit Pizarro.

[3] After defeat against the English at the Battle of Falkirk, Scottish war leader Wallace manages to escape to the apparent safety of a glen.

As Wallace goes resignedly to his execution, his wife Helen dies of grief in the arms of his ally Douglas[4] This article on a play from the 19th century is a stub.