Best New Play, Evening Standard Theatre Awards, 2014Rona Munro's
vividly imagined trilogy brings to life three generations of
Stewart kings who ruled Scotland in the tumultuous fifteenth
century.James I: The Key Will Keep the Lock explores the complex
character of the colourful Stewart King  poet, lover and
law-maker.Captured at the age of 13 and crowned King of Scots in an
English prison, James I of Scotland is delivered home 18 years
later with a ransom on his head and a new English bride. The nation
he returns to is poor: the royal coffers empty and his nobles ready
to tear him apart at the first sign of weakness. Determined to
bring the rule of law to a land riven by warring factions, James
faces terrible choices if he is to save himself, his Queen and the
crown.?James II: Day of the Innocents depicts a violent royal
playground from the perspective of the child King and his
contemporaries, in a terrifying arena of sharp teeth and long
knives.?James II becomes the prize in a vicious game between
Scotland's most powerful families. Crowned when only six, abandoned
by his mother and separated from his sisters, the child King is
little more than a puppet. There is only one friend he can trust:
William, the future Earl of Douglas. As James approaches adulthood
in an ever more threatening world, he must fight to keep his
tenuous grip on the crown while the nightmares of his childhood
rise up once more.James III: The True Mirror, ?like the King
himself, is colourful and unpredictable, turning its attention to
the women at the heart of the royal court.Charismatic, cultured,
and obsessed with grandiose schemes that his nation can ill afford,
James III is by turns loved and loathed. Scotland thunders
dangerously close to civil war, but its future may be decided by
James' resourceful and resilient wife, Queen Margaret of Denmark.
Her love and clear vision can save a fragile monarchy and rescue a
struggling people.Each play stands alone as a unique vision of a
country tussling with its past and future; viewed together the
trilogy creates an intricate and compelling narrative on Scottish
culture and nationhood, full of playful wit and boisterous
theatricality.The James Plays premiered at the Festival Theatre,
Edinburgh, in August 2014 as part of the Edinburgh International
Festival, before transferring to the National Theatre, London. The
trilogy was named Best New Play at the Evening Standard Theatre
Awards 2014.Rona Munro is an award-winning playwright and
screenwriter. Her screenplays include the Ken Loach film
Ladybird.'a towering achievement... a modern classic' - Evening
Standard'an astonishing dramatic achievement... Munro's script is
the star... a feast of theatrical might and blistering emotion' -
Telegraph'full of topical resonance... These are unequivocally
plays for today... Munro skilfully interweaves the personal and the
political' - Guardian'wit, punch and accessibility... this is
theatre that mixes the personal with the political to fabulous
effect. ... The scope is Shakespearean, yet Munro applies a
contemporary sensibility to her medieval characters, who talk and
swear in modern tongue' - The Times'Rona Munro's three plays can
stand confidently alone but, taken together, have a scale and reach
that is thrilling and satisfying in equal measures' - Independent
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