a hole that needs to be filled within his soul," Curran says of James. Playing the Jacobean king led Curran, who was born and raised in Glasgow, to reflect on the modern British royal family.

James VI and I is sometimes overshadowed in historical memory by the royal women who preceded him. As the only child of Mary, Queen of Scots, he became King James VI of Scotland when she was ...

The turbulent life of James I started as it meant to go on. In 1406 James' father, King Robert III ... executing the leading members of the family. From observing life at the English court ...