Publisher's Synopsis
This book explores how R.A.'s play The Valiant Welshman reflected contemporary hopes and fears about the potential unification of England and Scotland during the reign of James VI of Scotland and I of England. On the London stage after 1603 many plays paid tribute to the new king and provided a predominantly English audience a means of accepting the not so palatable ideas of Scottish power, assimilation and unity. The Valiant Welshman is distinctive among these works, as no other extant early modern English drama features a Welsh leading character.
