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James II: Day of the Innocents archiveIn the second of Rona Munro's dynastical trilogy, innocent games merge with murderous intent in a violent royal playground of shifting realities and paranoia. An eight year old boy is crowned King of Scots. Soon James II is the prize in a vicious game between the country's most powerful families, for whoever has the person of the boy king, controls the state. Seen through a child's eyes, the Scottish court is a world of monsters with sharp teeth and long knives. Growing up alone, abandoned by his mother and separated from his sisters, James II is little better than a puppet. There is only one relationship he can trust, his growing friendship with another lonely boy, William, the future Earl of Douglas. The two boys cling together as they try to survive the murder and mayhem that surrounds them. But the independence and power of young adulthood brings James into an even more threatening world. He has to fight the feuding nobles who still want to control him, he has to make brutal choices about the people he loves best, he has to struggle to keep his tenuous grip on the security of the crown and on his sanity....while the nightmares and demons of his childhood rise up again with new and murderous intent.

Creatives/Company

Author: Rona Munro
Presented by(s): National Theatre of Scotland, Edinburgh International Festival, National Theatre of Great Britain
Director: Laurie Sansom

James II: Day of the Innocents

James II: Day of the Innocents (Play) production archive for QTIX code T1201726029. Details of all James II: Day of the Innocents archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S92073339

Archive Listings

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29 May 16
Theatre Royal Plymouth
Plymouth, Devon
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14 May 16
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15 May 16
Theatre Royal
Norwich, Norfolk
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7 May 16
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8 May 16
Sheffield Theatres
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
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30 Apr 16
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1 May 16
Theatre Royal
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
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23 Apr 16
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24 Apr 16
The Lowry
Salford, Greater Manchester
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16 Apr 16
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17 Apr 16
Royal & Derngate
Northampton, Northamptonshire
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9 Apr 16
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10 Apr 16
King's Theatre
Glasgow
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4 Feb 16
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11 Feb 16
Festival Theatre
Edinburgh
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