The Lay of the Last Minstrel

Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832)

An aging minstrel seeks who hospitality at Newark Castle and in recompense tells a tale of a sixteenth-century Border feud. In the poem, Lady Margaret Scott of Buccleuch, the "Flower of Teviot" is beloved by Baron Henry of Cranstown an ally of the Ker Clan, but a deadly feud exists between the two border clans of Scott and Carr/Ker, which has resulted in the recent murder of Lady Margaret's father, Sir Walter Scott of Buccleuch by the Kers on the High Street in Edinburgh. Maragaret's widowed mother – Lady Janet – hates the Ker clan as a result, and is adamant in refusing her consent to any suggestion of marriage between the lovers. Summary by Wikipedia

Genre(s): Single author, Narratives

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Introduction by Author, 1831 Peter Tucker
00:27:42
Play 01 Inscription and foreword Peter Tucker
00:02:08
Play 02 Canto I Peter Tucker
00:21:33
Play 03 Canto II Peter Tucker
00:21:51
Play 04 Canto III Peter Tucker
00:20:26
Play 05 Canto IV Peter Tucker
00:28:19
Play 06 Canto V Peter Tucker
00:23:38
Play 07 Canto VI Peter Tucker
00:27:49