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National Theatre of Scotland's JAMES plays.

Posted by:	portenopete 09:25 am EDT 05/10/15
In reply to:	And over in London . . . - jesse21 10:12 am EDT 05/09/15

Just last year the National Theatre in London co-produced the National Theatre of Scotland's epic three-play marathon about Kings James I, II & III. I wouldn't claim that Rona Munro's plays had the literary merits of Charles Dickens but it was a compelling yarn with lots of good performances and three distinct dramaturgical and visual worlds. And the contemporary Scots dialect (and patois) was great fun to hear. I'm sure many Americans would have had a difficult time with it. I saw the first two parts on a Wednesday and the third part on Thursday night. Each was about 2-1/2 hours. There was onstage seating on the Olivier Stage to create an in-the-round staging. I was at the closing performances of all three plays and on the last night I found myself walking behind Ian McKellan on our way up the stairs :).

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