A Satire of the Four Estaites
John McGrath's contemporary morality adaptation of Lindsay's political satire confronts abuses in Scotland's clergy, lords, and burgh representatives through a demand for reform.
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John McGrath's contemporary morality adaptation of Lindsay's political satire confronts abuses in Scotland's clergy, lords, and burgh representatives through a demand for reform.
Set in Münster in 1543, this opera focuses on the Anabaptists Jan Matthys and John of Leiden as they attempt to transform the town into a “City of God” in anticipation of the Second Coming. The people of Münster form a central musical protagonist. The German-language premiere was abridged; the complete English version was later broadcast by the BBC.
A political history of economic change in the Scottish Highlands, from the Highland Clearances through the contemporary North Sea oil boom. The touring company combines narration, songs, sketches, filmed reconstructions and interviews to connect land evictions, sheep farming, emigration and oil-industry exploitation.
John McGrath's contemporary morality adaptation of Lindsay's political satire confronts abuses in Scotland's clergy, lords, and burgh representatives through a demand for reform.
Set in Münster in 1543, this opera focuses on the Anabaptists Jan Matthys and John of Leiden as they attempt to transform the town into a “City of God” in anticipation of the Second Coming. The people of Münster form a central musical protagonist. The German-language premiere was abridged; the complete English version was later broadcast by the BBC.
A political history of economic change in the Scottish Highlands, from the Highland Clearances through the contemporary North Sea oil boom. The touring company combines narration, songs, sketches, filmed reconstructions and interviews to connect land evictions, sheep farming, emigration and oil-industry exploitation.