David Lindsay's The 3 estaites : the Millenium version / by Alan Spence ; with an introduction by Angus Calder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spence, Alan, author.

Contributor:

Calder, Angus, writer of introduction.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education of princes--Drama.

Education of princes.

Scotland--Social conditions--Drama.

Scotland.

Scotland--Moral conditions--Drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (137 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Learning and Teaching Scotland, [2002]

Summary:

The 3 Estaites is - by common consent - Scotland's greatest play.First performed in Cupar, Fife in June 1552, it is the earliest Scottish play to have survived. Full of broad humour and pantomime-like farce, it also deals with dangerous topical issues, hitting out at corruption and hypocrisy in the ruling establishment, denouncing the oppression of the poor and calling for social 'reformation'. A young king is rescued from idle sexual dalliance and false counsels by Divine Correction and they preside over a Parliament summoned to enact just laws, where basic Christian tenets and values are affirmed - but Folly has the last word.In 2000 The 3 Estaites gained a fresh resonance when it celebrated both the Millennium and the rebirth of Scotland's Parliament by returning to Cupar for the first time in nearly four and a half centuries. This contemporary Scots version by the leading poet and playwright Alan Spence retains the structure and spirit of Lindsay's script while giving his language a new lease of life. The play's topical allusions have been updated brilliantly, but Lindsay's generous spirit and enormous sense of fun have been preserved.This is a national drama, expressing a comprehensive perspective of what Scotland is and what it might be - a land of justice, fellow-feeling and laughter.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Original cast list

The Proclamation

Part One

Scene 1: Prologue

Scene 2: The King and his Courtiers

Scene 3: The entrance of Sensuality

Scene 4: The King anticipates Sensuality

Scene 5: The Courtiers’ embassy to Sensuality

Scene 6: The Courtiers’ return to the King

Scene 7: Sensuality comes to the King

Scene 8: The entrance of Guid Counsel

Scene 9: The entrance of the Vices

Scene 10: The Vices ingratiate themselves with the King

Scene 11: The Vices repel Guid Counsel

Scene 12: The Second Song

Scene 13: The entrance of Verity

Scene 14: The entrance of Chastity

Scene 15: Chastity approaches the King

Scene 16: The entrance of Correction’s Varlet

Scene 17: The Vices flee

Scene 18: The entrance of Divine Correction

Scene 19: Divine Correction comes to the King

Scene 20: The End of Part One

Part Two

Scene 21: The entrance of the Poor Man

Scene 22: The Pardoner and the Soutars

Scene 23: The Pardoner and the Poor Man

Scene 24: The Thrie Estaites gang backward

Scene 25: The entrance of Jane the Common-weil

Scene 26: The Debate

Scene 27: The expulsion of Spirituality

Scene 28: The garbing of Jane

Scene 29: The hanging of the Vices

Scene 30: Folly’s sermon

Appendix: Cast breakdown

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-7276-1