The second in a trilogy of new history plays, James II: Day Of The Innocents depicts a violent royal playground of sharp teeth and long knives.

The production charts the story of James II, who becomes the prize in a vicious game between Scotland’s most powerful families. Crowned at the age of six-years-old having been abandoned by his mother and separated from his sisters, the young king is little more than a puppet. But there is one person in the world he can trust: William, the future Earl of Douglas.

James II is part of Rona Munro’s trilogy The James Plays and runs alongside James I and James III. Exhilarating and vividly imagined, they bring to life three generations of Stewart kings who ruled Scotland in the tumultuous 15th century.

While each play stands alone as a unique vision of a country tussling with its past and future, together they create an intricate and compelling narrative on Scottish culture and nationhood.