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Scottish Monologues
Dufton Scott
 Dufton Scott (1880-1944) was born at Forgue in Aberdeenshire in 1880 and started his working life as an ironmonger in nearby Huntly, and soon afterwards in Aberdeen itself. His ambition to become a professional entertainer led him to join George Walker's touring party, performing his own monolgues in a broad mid-Aberdeenshire accent. In these tours he often performed on the same bill as the fiddlers James Scott Skinner and Mackenzie Murdoch.
By the First World War, Dufton's popularity was widespread in his native Scotland, and he was encouraged to publish a collection of his monologues,
Dufton Scott's Sketches which was reprinted
several times, even into the 1950s. With the arrival of radio in the 1920s,
Dufton Scott quickly became a favourite, hosting such programmes as
An Evenin' in the Grieve's Hoose, where his "Braid Scots
Stories" would be interspersed with music and song from singers such
as John Strachan and Tom Morrison, the
latter with whom he collaborated on many musical and dramatic productions on
stage, record and radio (in 1921 Scott and Morrison appeared in
Mains's Wooin', a comedy drama written by Gavin Greig.
on.
As a result of the radio exposure, Scott recorded many of his monologues
on 78rpm (see discography below) on the Columbia and Beltona labels. As well
as his entertainment career, Scott owned a stationery shop in Inverurie,
where he had settled after getting married in 1911.
Dufton Scott Material
This list of Dufton Scott's monologues is compiled from the sources
listed below. I would be very interested to hear of any other
material relating to Dufton Scott.
| Code |
Description |
| 78 |
78rpm records in my collection |
| cDS |
Cassette, Dufton Scott, Stories In Braid Scots
Sleepytown Records, n.d. (c2001). Digitally remastered from original
78s. |
| cAB |
Cassette, Robbie Shepherd reads Dufton Scott
Aberdeen City Libraries, 1990. Modern entertainer reads Scott's
monologues. |
| bSK |
Book, Dufton Scott's Scots Stories and Sketches
(Inverurie 1953) |
| aBCi |
Article, Beltona Records Catalogue
(Photocopy of catalogue from 1941) |
| lMM |
Letter from Margaret Minter
(Daughter of Tom Morrison, mentioned above) |
| lNW |
Letter from Nan Warren, Sept 2003
(Great grand-daughter of Dufton Scott's sister) |
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| Title |
Code |
Jock at the Theatre Columbia 4287
(Dufton Scott) |
78
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Erchie Fleeman's Coortship Columbia 4532
(Dufton Scott) |
78
bSK |
Lawyer and Client Columbia 4532
(Dufton Scott) |
78
bSK |
A Presentation at Dubbies parts 1 & 2
Columbia 4673 (Dufton Scott) |
78
bSK |
Gee Up Donal'
Beltona 1393 (Dufton Scott) |
78
cDS
aBCi |
The Old Bellman
Beltona 1393 (Dufton Scott) |
78
cDS
cAB
bSK
aBCi |
Hugh McCurry's Marriage parts 1 & 2
(Dufton Scott) |
cDS
cAB
bSK
aBCi |
The Postie
|
cDS |
Geordie Broon on Fermers
(Dufton Scott) |
78
cDS
aBCi |
Selling Sewing Machines
(Dufton Scott) |
cDS
cAB
bSK
aBCi |
Country Geordie
|
cDS |
Rob and the Registrar parts 1 & 2
(Dufton Scott) |
cDS
bSK
aBCi |
The Railway Porter
|
cDS |
The Rural Referee
(Dufton Scott) |
78
cDS
bSK
aBCi |
The Singing Lesson parts 1 & 2
(Dufton Scott) |
cDS
bSK |
An Auction Sale
(Dufton Scott) (aka The Auctioneer) |
78
cAB
bSK
aBCi |
The Auctioneer
(Dufton Scott) (aka An Auction Sale) |
78
cAB
bSK
aBCi |
My Communicative Friend
(Dufton Scott) |
cAB
bSK
aBCi |
A Rural Drive
(Dufton Scott) |
cAB
bSK |
Out of his Element
(Dufton Scott) |
78
cAB
bSK
aBCi |
Sandy On Sousa
(Dufton Scott) |
cAB
bSK |
Examination of a Witness
(Dufton Scott) |
78
cAB
bSK
aBCi |
Drama In a Barn
|
cAB |
Affectation
(Dufton Scott) |
bSK
aBCi |
Market Adventures
(Dufton Scott) |
bSK
aBCi |
Flappers the Mesmerist
(Dufton Scott) |
bSK |
The Knapmill Debating Society
(Dufton Scott) |
bSK
aBCi |
The Roadman
(Dufton Scott) |
bSK |
A Tug o' War
(Dufton Scott) |
bSK
aBCi |
Sandy At the Band Concert
|
aBCi |
Mrs Macfarlane's Shopping
|
aBCi |
Tam Todd and the Umbrella
|
aBCi |
Tam Todd and his Neighbours
|
lMM
lNW |
The Dear Lammie
|
lMM
lNW |
Two Cat Stories
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lMM
lNW |
Mason's Words
(with Alistair Fraser) |
lMM
lNW |
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