Further Research

Explore the work and offers of the Scottish Storytelling Centre [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] in Edinburgh.

This recording of The Pipers from 1904 gives you an impression of W.F. Frame’s performance style.

You may want to explore further the notion of ‘Scottishness’, which you have come across in this unit, for example, with this study by the University of Manchester based on the 2011 Census, or this YouGov survey on ‘What makes a person Scottish’.

Here you can explore W.F. Frame’s life by reading his bibliography W.F. Frame The Man you Know in the original edition.

The find out more about Harry Lauder, explore this page of Glasgow University’s Special Collections.

Find out more about the pantomime tradition in Scotland in this article in The Scotsman.

Want to hear one comedian’s views on another? Read this insightful piece by John Scott on Billy Connolly's Billy Connolly…and the Crucifixion.