This book explores how R.A.'s play The Valiant Welshmanreflected contemporary hopes and fears about the potential unification ofEngland and Scotland during the reign of James VI of Scotland and I of England.On the London stage after 1603 many plays paid tribute to the new king andprovided a predominantly English audience a means of accepting the not sopalatable ideas of Scottish power, assimilation and unity. The Valiant Welshmanis distinctive among these works, as no other extant early modern English dramafeatures a Welsh leading character.