Peg Woffington played Lady Randolph, a part which found a later exponent in Sarah Siddons.
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He took it to London, England, and submitted it to David Garrick for representation at Drury Lane, but it was rejected as unsuitable for the stage.
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The tragedy of Douglas was suggested to him by hearing a lady sing the ballad of Gil Morrice or Child Maurice (FJ Child, Popular Ballads, ii. 263).
Norval is believed to take its name from the Scottish play Douglas by poet John Home.
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He made his first appearance at Drury Lane on 1 October 1827 as Norval in Home's Douglas, but his continued failure to achieve popularity led him to leave London in the spring of 1828 for the provinces.
On the conclusion of the war in 1815 his father sent a note to his captain, George Sartorius: "Your trade is up for the next half-century. Send my son John home by the next coach".
The exact date of his death is not known, but he was dead before May 19, 1490, perhaps not very long before that date, when a gift was made to John Home of Earlston of the ward of the lands of Gilmerton, held of Malise, Earl of Menteith, and then in the King's hands by his decease.