Characters and Setting
- Principal roles:
- MacGregor, a wealthy Scottish lord (bass)
- Mary (Maria), his daughter (soprano)
- Margaret, her wet-nurse (mezzo-soprano)
- Earl Douglas, Maria's fiancé (tenor)
- William Ratcliff (baritone)
- Minor roles:
- Lesley, Ratcliff's friend (tenor)
- Robin, a vagrant (bass)
- Tom, a vagrant (baritone)
- Betsy, a servant at the tavern (soprano)
- Servants, wedding guests, swindlers, robbers (chorus)
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