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David Lindsay's "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". 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…mehr

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David Lindsay's "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". 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 3 Estaites is, by common consent, Scotland's greatest play. First performed in Cupar, Fife, in June 1552, it is the earliest surviving Scottish play. In 2000 the play gained a fresh resonance when it celebrated both the Millennium and the rebirth of Scotland's Parliament by returning to Cupar. This contemporary Scots version retains the spirit of Lindsay's script while giving his language a new lease of life.
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Alan Spence with an introduction by Angus Calder