Even if he had not died in 1055, Siward would be highly unlikely to have survived the aftereffects (Norman replacement of Saxon nobility) of Hastings; in Lukeman's play, Siward is still alive—and is one of two (the other being Seyton) who repeatedly advise Malcolm to move against Donalbain and Fleance
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The Norwegians would have been unlikely to be planning an invasion of Scotland in 1068 after their decisive defeat at Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066 in Anglo-Saxon king Harold Godwinson's "swan-song" victory (Harold was defeated and killed at Hastings shortly afterwards)
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The play is written in a blank verse style close to Shakespeare's original, with British spellings used in place of American English due to Lukeman's desire for continuity, which he felt could not be achieved using American English.
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