The 3 Estaites : : The Millennium Version / / Alan Spence, Angus Calder.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Spence, Alan,; Calder, Angus,
• MitwirkendeR: Calder, Angus,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (136 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781474472760; 9783110780468
• DOI: 10.1515/9781474472760
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Alan Spence, Angus Calder.

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.