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Caledonia (Paperback, New)
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Caledonia (Paperback, New)
Series: Modern Plays
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Loot Price R431
Discovery Miles 4 310
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"Caledonia"""is a story of greed, euphoria and mass delusion. It is
the story of a small, poor country mistaking itself for a place
that is both big and rich. It is an ancient story for modern times.
William Paterson was a financial adventurer who in 1698 devised one
of the most daring and disastrous speculations of all time. His
plan: to found a Scottish colony in Darien on the isthmus of Panama
in Central America and turn Scotland, one of the poorest nations in
Europe, into a prosperous colonial power. He invited the public to
invest. And they did - in a big way. Within weeks a vast proportion
of the nation's wealth had been subscribed.
What went wrong? Distance, disease, corruption and culpability all
played a part in this ruinous episode. Within a few years, the
Scots - demoralized and impoverished - gave up their nation's
independent status and signed the 1707 Treaty of Union with
England. Inspired by documents, journals, letters, songs and poems
of the period, celebrated playwright and satirist Alistair Beaton
has created a work that is both a tribute to heroic ambition and a
darkly witty take on the deceptions and self-deceptions of rich and
poor alike.
"Caledonia" headlined the Edinburgh International Festival, in a
co-production with the National Theatre of Scotland and directed by
Anthony Neilson in 2010.
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