by Sir David Lindsay · Canongate Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780862411916
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«Ane Satyre of The Thrie Estaitis» is the satirical drama by Sir David Lindsay, published by Canongate Books in paperback (256 pages, in Scots).
A sixteenth-century Scottish play that satirizes the political and ecclesiastical corruption of its time. Performed before the court and the common people, it uses allegorical characters and a festive tone to call for reforms in the Church, the State and the monarchy. It was revived by Tyrone Guthrie at the 1948 Edinburgh Festival.
Edition number 18 of the Canongate Classics series, edited and annotated by Professor Roderick Lyall. The work dates from 1552 and this edition was published in 1990.
Suitable for students of Scottish literature and for readers interested in political theatre and the history of Scotland.
