page_title: A Satire of the Three Estates
section_title: Modern performances
hierarchical_section_title: A Satire of the Three Estates / Modern performances
caption_attribution_description: English: New College, Edinburgh was the venue for the 1982 production of Sir David Lindsay's 'Ane Pleasant Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis', first performed in 1552.
context_page_description: A Satire of the Three Estates, is a satirical morality play in Middle Scots, written by makar Sir David Lyndsay. The complete play was first performed outside in the playing field at Cupar, Fife in June 1552 during the Midsummer holiday, where the action took place under Castle Hill. It was subsequently performed in Edinburgh, also outdoors, in 1554. The full text was first printed in 1602 and extracts were copied into the Bannatyne Manuscript. The Satire is an attack on the Three Estates represented in the Parliament of Scotland – the clergy, lords and burgh representatives, symbolised by the characters Spiritualitie, Temporalitie and Merchant. The clergy come in for the strongest criticism. The work portrays the social tensions present at this pivotal moment in Scottish history.
context_section_description: The play's first complete modern production occurred on August 24, 1948, at the Edinburgh Festival with a modernised text by Robert Kemp and directed by Tyrone Guthrie, featuring Stanley Baxter.
  Simon Callow and Fulton Mackay acted in a 1973 Edinburgh Festival production.
  Mary McCluskey directed a performance by young people in July 1996 as part of Scottish Youth Theatre's Summer Festival. The script was translated into modern Scots by Fiona McGarry, and the play was performed in the round in The Cottier Theatre, Glasgow, with an original score.
  John McGrath adapted the play as a contemporary morality A Satire of the Four Estaites, which was presented by Wildcat Theatre Company at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre as part of the Edinburgh International Festival, also in 1996. This production opened on 16 August 1996 and starred Sylvester McCoy.
  The play was quoted at the opening of the new Scottish Parliament, a mark illustrating its importance to modern Scots.
  A new performance at Linlithgow Palace and Stirling Castle based on the story of the 1540 interlude took place in 2013 using a cast drawn from stage and screen.  In Linlithgow an open-air stage was erected on the Peel looking out across the loch for the performance.
caption: New College, Edinburgh was the venue for the 1982 production
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