page_title: Guy Mannering
section_title: Adaptations
hierarchical_section_title: Guy Mannering / Adaptations
caption_attribution_description: English: Engraving of the actress Sarah Egerton (1782–1847) in the role of Meg Merrilies, from Daniel Terry's musical stage adaptation of Walter Scott's novel Guy Mannering.
context_page_description: Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer is the second of the Waverley novels by Walter Scott, published anonymously in 1815. According to an introduction that Scott wrote in 1829, he had originally intended to write a story of the supernatural, but changed his mind soon after starting. The book was a huge success, the first edition selling out on the first day of publication.
context_section_description: Daniel Terry, an English playwright and friend of Scott, wrote an adaptation of the work for the stage for which Henry Bishop provided the music. The musical play was premiered at the Covent Garden Theatre in London on 12 March 1816, with Sarah Egerton in the role of Meg Merrilies.
caption: Engraving of Sarah Egerton as Meg Merrilies in Guy Mannering (1817)
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