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Alex Salmond on Satire of the Three Estates

“an extraordinarily bold piece of theatre”, “raises profound questions about the nature of monarchy, the role of the popular voice in Scottish politics…

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Performance

Come and join us in the historic settings of Linlithgow Palace and Stirling Castle for a chance to see Sir David Lyndsay’s seminal drama “A Satire of the Three Estates”.This is a rare opportunity to see the first ever full-length production performed on the Peel at Linlithgow and the “lost” version of the play performed as Interlude in the Great Halls at Linlithgow Palace and Stirling Castle.The Interlude will be performed:
June 10* & 11 : Linlithgow Palace
June 13 & 14* : Stirling CastleThe main performance:
June 7-9 : Linlithgow Peel*June 10 and 14 performances are academic research events, not open to the publicTickets and full event details
available NOW from
historic-scotland.gov.uk>>.
Historic Scotland Members are entitled to a 10% discount on the ticket price (only available by logging in to the members-only area of the Historic Scotland website).

Research

What is A Satire of the Three Estates? Prof. Greg Walker explains:

‘Staging the Scottish Court’ is a two year, interdisciplinary research project which will stage Sir David Lyndsay’s A Satire of the Three Estates as part of a wider investigation of the Scottish Renaissance and Stewart court and modern images of national identity and the Scottish past.

At the heart of the project will be the first ever full-length production of The Three Estates on the Peel at Linlithgow, in June 2013. There will also be performances in the Great Halls in Linlithgow Palace and Stirling Castle of the ‘lost’ first version of the play, first performed at Linlithgow in 1540.

The project, led by Professor Greg Walker and Dr Eleanor Rycroft of the University of Edinburgh, and Professor Thomas Betteridge of Brunel University, brings together academics from across the U.K with archaeologists and historical interpetors from Historic Scotland and professional theatre and film-makers.