Sir David Lindsay

Ane satyre of the thrie estaits, in commendation of vertew and vituperation of vyce

The Historie of Ane Nobil and Wailzeand Squyer, William Mildrum, Etc

The Thrie Estaitis was first performed in the mid-sixteenth century to an audience of royalty and commoners alike. With its high style and penetrating political satire, it pressed for reform in Church and State and even in kingship itself with a hilarious masque of vice and corruption in high places. Sir David Lindsay's great play is a milestone in world drama. After almost 400 years it was revived by Tyrone Guthrie in a famous production for the Edinburgh Festival of 1948. Ever since then this masterpiece has been recognised as a key text in the resurgence of political theatre in modern Scotland and it appears as irreverent today as it was in Lindsay's troubled times.

Ane Satyre Of The Thrie Estaitis

Sir David Lyndesay's Works

Angus Calder

Alan Spence

The 3 Estaitesis - 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 Estaitesgained 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.

The Millenium Version

David Lindsay's The 3 Estaites

David Laing

With Memoir, Notes and Glossary

The Poetical Works of Sir David Lyndsay

The works of Sir David Lindsay of the Mount, 1490-1555: Notes to the poems

The works of Sir David Lindsay of the Mount, 1490-1555: Ane satyre of the thrie estaitis, versions I-III

A Dialogue betweene Experience and a Courtier, of the miserable estate of the worlde ... nowe newly corrected, and made perfit English ... Hereunto are anexid certaine other pithy posys of woorkes, inuented by the said Knight, etc. [In verse. With woodcuts.] B.L.

The Works of the famous and worthy Knight Sir David Lindesay ... Newly corrected ... and augmented with sundry works, etc. B.L.

Lion King at Arms, Under James V.

The Poetical Works of Sir David Lyndsay of the Mount

Alias Lion King of Arms ...

The Works of ... Sir David Lindsay of the Mount

Sir David Lindsay

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