| Award-winning play, set in the Borders in the 19th century, tells the story of the Bondagers, the women workers of the great Border Farms of that period. |
| The bondagers were women hired at the annual hiring fairs by farm hands who were required to bring female workers with them when they themselves were hired. |
| This photo shows a group of bondagers at Hilltown Farm, Newton, Midlothian. |
| The use of such female bondagers as agricultural labourers was especially prevalent in south east Scotland and extended into north Northumberland. |
| These bondagers were allowed to grow vegetables and keep a cow to provide food for their children, yet life was difficult. |
