Persons Represented
William Brodie, Deacon of the Wrights, Housebreaker and Master Carpenter.
Old Brodie, the Deacon’s Father.
William Lawson, Procurator-Fiscal, the Deacon’s Uncle.
Andrew Ainslie, Humphrey Moore, George Smith, Robbers in the Deacon’s gang.
Captain Rivers, an English Highwayman.
Hunt, a Bow Street Runner.
A Doctor.
Walter Leslie.
Mary Brodie, the Deacon’s Sister.
Jean Watt, the Deacon’s Mistress.
Vagabonds, Officers of the Watch, Men-servants.
The Scene is laid in Edinburgh. The Time is towards the close of the Eighteenth Century. The Action, some fifty hours long, begins at eight p.m. on Saturday and ends before midnight on Monday.
Note.—Passages suggested for omission in representation are enclosed in square brackets, thus.