Theatre's James Trilogy shows the history of growing up in Scotland

We spent eight and a half hours going through the little-known history of Scotland when it was in a state of independence five hundred years ago...? Trilogy? s director Samson emphasized to the Southern Weekend reporter, ? The National Theatre of Great Britain and the National Theatre of Scotland are both very interested in this play, and we all want to touch on this sensitive topic at this historical moment. Theater is not about blocking out discourse, but opening up a platform for discussion.? The audience can clearly see the growth of the Jameses and Scotland in The Jameses Trilogy: the first part is still a primitive tribe that lives on the streets and sleeps on the streets, the second part has the appearance of a court, and the third part has the King and Queen dancing in modern fancy dress. It is in the hands of these three King Jameses that Scotland grows strong, step by step. The First: Captivity, Dependence, Independence The stage design is unique: on the right side is a huge sword, the tip of which is angled *** the stage, and the hilt of which rushes up to the top of the theater. Directly in the center of the stage, in the background, are two columns and six rows of audience seats? This section of the audience is told when they buy their tickets that they are part of the stage. The theater becomes a structure similar to a soccer field, with actors performing in the middle of the field. From time to time, actors in costume move through those two columns of audience. In the courtroom, parliamentary, and church scenes, this part of the audience naturally morphs back into the jury, the parliamentarians, and the crowd. The bagpipes were played, and the lights shone on the white-robed female singer, singing a French poem composed by James I. The song was sung by the King of Scotland. This Scottish king was the first of the Stuarts to make a real attempt to centralize power on the throne, and in his early years was an extremely talented poet. His collection of poems, The Book of Kings, is one of the most important works of early Scottish literature. A group of soldiers in armor stumbled in, all the crystal lights in the theater went out, and the entire audience of over a thousand people joined together to enter the 15th century in Scotland. James I's older brother and uncle, the Duke of Albany, died inexplicably after a few arguments. James's father, the old King Robert III, secretly sensed the ambition of the Duke of Albany and sent James to France overnight. Unexpectedly, King Henry IV of England intercepted the information on the way and seized James, who was only 11 years old, as a hostage and demanded Scotland to deliver a large amount of ransom. The old king was killed alive. His uncle, the Duke of Albany, refused to pay the ransom and took power in Scotland alone. James I was imprisoned in his castle in England and did not return to his homeland for 18 years. When the Duke of Albany died and France went to war with England, many Scottish mercenaries entered the French army, including the sons of the Duke of Albany. James I, however, joined England's side.? James I was captured by Henry IV and grew up with Henry V. He learned how to be a king in England, although he was then imprisoned and a king in name only. But Henry IV, King of England, loved James because he was a bright student.? Monroe went through a lot of history for this. Henry V routed the Scottish army in a battle and threw the prisoners before James I for this Scottish king to rule: ? Show everyone that you are a true king of Scotland, these are your cousins right? They stole your crown, your kingdom, your youth and left you to rot in your castle in England. Come on! Execute them!? James I on stage weakly says no. Henry V storms out: are you a king? What do you do but write poetry? The next time I, Great England, come to attack you, are you going to recite a few lines of poetry to me? James I continued to say: Now is not the time to show *** dignity. James returned to Scotland, killed his cousins with his own hands, reorganized the country, and took back the throne. During the fight, James seemed to see Henry V figure, howling loudly, cut more than a dozen knives? By then Henry V was long gone. A king of Scotland, a king of England, prisoner and captor, hating each other yet subtly existing in a sort of sympathy.? These two men of about the same age shared 18 years of their **** together.? Monroe explained to Southern Weekend, ? For James I, Henry V was a man who had to be confronted in order to feel his presence. He could only truly be king if he defeated the illusion of this man in his mind. You can think of it as a nation's journey from captivity and dependence to independence.? Do Henry V and James I represent the tangled and complex relationship between England and Scotland today? Monroe's answer is: ? We don't want to give a simple, crude answer: independence is good. Indeed, we can see that the period of Scottish independence has not been a time of song and dance. I'm sure the trilogy will spark further discussion.? James I eradicated all dissenting forces, but the good times didn't last long, and was soon avenged by the Scottish nobility, who were assassinated in the city sewers? In the beginning, to keep the renegade nobles from escaping, James blocked off all the major sewers in the city, but also blocked off his own way to live. II: A tale of two men of the same age James II was only 6 years old when his father died. The young emperor was basically a puppet. Sansom and Monroe searched long and hard for an actor to play the young emperor, and they ended up using dolls to represent his childhood.? James II, after experiencing the death of his father and the betrayal of his mother, was unusually weak inside and often moved to hide in the closet of his room. He was simply a signing tool for a long time, and the Douglas family held power in Scotland. The mannequins have both a theatrical tradition and an apt representation of the puppet emperor.? Monroe told Southern Weekend. Monroe's James II watched the little doll with the crown hide in the cupboard again and again, screaming and crying. Only William, Marquis of Douglas, heir to the Douglas family, was by his side. The history books are very brief on James II: he ascended the throne at a young age, went through all kinds of royal turmoil, rooted out all dissenters when he became an adult, espoused education, focused on building an army, and strengthened himself through marriages. In? trilogy? the main part of the story is the fragile and conflicting heart of a monarch, the story of a relationship between two men. Monroe seems to enjoy writing the story of two men of the same age. the story of two men of the same age? She has twisted the fates of the Marquis of Douglas and James II together: William's father has been asking himself to kill James and take the throne that should have belonged to the House of Douglas when James I was born, but he can't do it. But what he waited for was for James II to marry the daughter of the House of Flanders, and the new queen was pregnant. William's various emotions broke out, and James II had a big fight, took out the dagger; James II also lost his mind, seized the dagger, and killed William with his own hands. The play uses a lot of flashbacks, lighting, and special effects to show James II's psychology? How two men who grew up together and may have loved each other ended up in tragedy under the oppression of marriage and power.? You could interpret that these two men love each other or not; or they subconsciously love each other, unnoticed on the surface. Although James II was politically accomplished and took Scotland to another peak, he killed the Marquis of Douglas, which is a stain that cannot be erased.? Sansom told a Southern Weekend reporter. III: Putting Your Father's Crown on You James III's appearance has no teenage history and opens with a debonair, middle-aged king. All the sets are unusually luxurious, the lights are turned to gold, and the king and queen are mostly dressed in furs and silks, wearing early 20th century styles. All these details remind the audience that this is a Scotland that has accumulated and developed over two generations. James III and the Queen? Princess Margrethe of Denmark, were very much in love. They have two grown sons, but he doesn't like the oldest son, even though he is the one who should inherit the throne. James III is cynical, twirling *** in his kilt in Parliament and defying the world by tongue-kissing male soldiers on the battlefield. Secretly, he was quite calculating, advocating the divine right of kings to strengthen the king's power, while trying to marry England? Soon afterward he launched a war against England. His failure lay in the unequal favor of his two sons. There was much talk of abolishing the throne at court, and the nobles who supported the eldest son eventually killed James III. James IV, the oldest son who later came to the throne, believed that he had indirectly killed his father and wore iron thorns for life to punish himself. Monroe directly asked James IV to kill his father, then stripped off his entire body and bawled like a baby in the center of the stage. James IV ascends to the throne. James II's sister, a princess through three dynasties, holds out a box containing James I's ring, James II's coat of arms, and James III's crown. This old princess recalled all the stories while she put on the new king the treasures inherited from her family.? This is your great-grandfather's ring. He was a poet. This was your great-grandmother's necklace. She came from far, far away in England. This is your grandfather's badge. A man of light and darkness. He was very fond of playing soccer and hunting, so you are too, that's how the blood runs. And finally, for you to wear your father's crown...? James IV was sobbing at this point. More than a hundred years of history passed, and James got up and walked into a curtain of light, and the old princess said to him: ? Go, don't be afraid. It doesn't matter if you are a king or not, just place your soul. Remember you are a Scot, and then do your best. And Scotland will do what it has to do. A trilogy? It tells the end of the year 1503, when James III died and James IV came to the throne. This year was extremely crucial. History records that James IV married Princess Margaret of England? Tudor, the Scottish royal family also has the royal blood of England, for England and Scotland later became the **** Lord Confederation, for James VI to become the double king of Scotland and England to lay the foundation.