A comedy by John Brandane
Adapted from the fifteenth-century French play 'La Farce de Maitre Patelin'
Cast
The play produced by Moultrie R. Kelsall
The play is set in the court-house at Torlochan, a gaunt room all prepared for the trial of an alleged sheep-stealer.
John Brandane is the pseudonym of a Glasgow doctor who is also a playwright. For many years he practised on the Island of Mull, and while there had ample opportunity for studying the local character and absorbing the unique atmosphere of the Western Isles. Rory Aforesaid is derived from Mull, though it is based on a fifteenth-century French play.
The story is light-hearted and characteristic of the Highlander, the court scene, in which sheep-stealer and accuser meet face to face, providing some rare examples of native wit.