Details

Like James III himself, the final instalment of Rona Munro's extraordinary trilogy is colourful, brash and unpredictable. It turns its eye on the women of the royal court, both lowly and high born, who prove to be its beating heart. Queen Margaret, married to James III is played by Sofie Grabol, most known to audiences as Sarah Lund in the Danish TV series, The Killing. James III of Scotland. A man who's irresistible, charismatic, a man of fashion and culture. A man with big dreams ...and no budget to realise any of them. Obsessed with grandiose schemes that his nation can ill-afford and his restless nobles will no longer tolerate, James is loved and loathed in dangerously unstable proportions. But Scotland's future will be decided by the woman who loves him best of all, his resourceful and resilient wife, Queen Margaret of Denmark. As dreams battle brutal realities and the nation thunders dangerously close to regicide and civil war, her true love and clear vision offer the only protection that can save a fragile monarchy and rescue a struggling people. But the cost for Margaret herself may be too high.

Cast/Performers

Sofie Grabol (Queen Margaret), Cameron Barnes, Daniel Cahill, Ali Craig, Blythe Duff, Nick Elliott, Andrew Fraser, Sarah Higgins, Stephanie Hyam, Gordon Kennedy, Aly Macrae, David Mara, Beth Marshall, Rona Morison, Andrew Rothney, Mark Rowley, Jamie Sives, Fiona Wood

Creatives/Company

Author: Rona Munro
Presented by(s): National Theatre of Scotland, Edinburgh International Festival, National Theatre of Great Britain
Director(s): Laurie Sansom, Neil Bettles (movement), Mervyn Millar (puppet), Amanda Gaughan (associate director)
Design: Jon Bausor
Lighting: Philip Gladwell
Sound: Christopher Shutt