John Balliol (play)

John Balliol, An Historical Drama In Five Acts by William Tennant is a royalist play written from a peasants perspective. John Balliol is depicted as "a weak leader", influenced by his mother Dervorguilla of Galloway, and his rival Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale is depicted as a "noble hero". However, John is the one whose crowning is honoured by "ten thousand nobles". The play has several supernatural elements, such as a seer, omens and even references to ghosts. Valentina Bold points out that there are many similarities to The Royal Jubilee, by James Hogg.
Balliol was Tennant's second dramatic failure: