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Three Kings (NHB Modern Plays)
Stephen Beresford
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Three Kings (NHB Modern Plays)
Stephen Beresford
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When Patrick is eight years old, his absent father returns unexpectedly for a brief but memorable encounter.
Years later ā recalling that meeting, and the revelations that followed ā Patrick traces the events of his father's life, laying bare a journey of grandiose plans, aching disappointments and audacious self-delusion.
Three Kings by Stephen Beresford is a heartbreaking and hilarious play for a solo actor about fathers and sons, the gifts and burdens of inheritance, and the unfathomable puzzle of human relationships.
It was written for Andrew Scott to perform as part of Old Vic: In Camera, a series of live performances streamed from The Old Vic, London, in 2020. This edition includes an introduction by the director Matthew Warchus.
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āI have never understood the enthusiasm people have for dying by the sea.
āI like the sea. I like the sucking of waves on shingle ā Iām notā¦ This isnāt a condemnation of the poetic principles of nature.ā
I have no idea why I am speaking like this.
Iām looking around the cafĆ©. It has tiles on the walls in yellow and blue. A scene ā like a mural ā stretching across them. I think itās a bull facing down a matador, but half of itās hidden behind a fridge.
āThis is one of the moreā¦ authentic places,ā he says. And I canāt quite detect whether thatās a boast or an apology.
I have a brandy in front of me ā which, Iām aware, has raised some eyebrows at ten oāclock in the morning ā but since Iāve been brought here on the business of death, I appear to have been excused ā
At least by him.
A television, above the bar, is showing football.
There are little plates of octopus and potato skewered onto toothpicks. A neon sign in the window ā āEstrellaā.
He taps my hand and, nods over at the glass counter.
āDonāt touch the ham.ā
His name is Dennis.
āI was a friend of your fatherās,ā he says. āIn as much as heā¦ā
āHad friends?ā
āAllowed people in.ā Dennis replies.
He seems pleased with that ā and he lets it sit there between us for a moment.
Dennis has lived here for almost fourteen years. He is a leading light among the expatriate community. He offers all kinds of services ā mortgage broking, naturalisation, currency exchange.
āNot that he was unpopularā¦ā he adds. āOh, far from it. He was always a veryā¦ā
I can see that the dangling of unfinished sentences is going to be Dennisās style.
āEspecially with the ladies, of course.
āI helped him with all his difficulties.ā
āYou mean prison?ā I say.
āI gave him advice. I advised him. Especially about the divorces. His will. There were ā this being Spain ā the inevitable land and property issuesā¦ā
Heās obviously going to gloss over my fatherās brief but significant criminal career, so I say it again.
āDid you help him when he was sent to prison?ā
āHe was incarcerated, yes. Briefly. In Madrid. I gave advice to his wifeā¦ā
āYou must remind me ā ā I say, āwould that have been Barbara?ā
āBarbara?ā
āBarbara. An older lady. Made a lot of money in care homes, I thinkā¦ā
āNoā¦ā he says. He looks troubled for a moment. āI think Barbara might have been before my time. This was ConcepciĆ³n.ā
āConcepciĆ³n?ā
āA younger person. Very pretty. At one time she was a stewardess for Jet Blue.ā
āOh.ā
Iāve never heard of Jet Blue. I try not to make that a reflection on ConcepciĆ³n, but Iām not entirely sure I succeed.
āAnd did she last the course?ā I say.
āNoā¦ She was a littleā¦ excitable. She didnāt take too kindly to him being carted off like that. It was rather a shock.ā
āIt must have been.ā
āExtremely heavy-handed ā but then, thatās the guarda civil for you. Frankly, I canāt think what was gained by it. Apprehending him, like that, at the
Royal MĆ”laga Yacht Clubā¦ Parading him past the buffet in handcuffsā¦ā
Dennis is exercised by this miscarriage of justice so heās keen to change the subject.
āYouāve been here before!ā He says, brightly. āThree months ago!ā
I fold the napkin.
āMy sister told me he was dying and so I came. I came and visited him.ā
āI wasnāt here.ā
Dennis seems genuinely saddened by that.
āI was visiting the mainland ā for a client in concrete.ā
āI didnāt expect to be back again so soon.ā I say.
He pats my hand.
āThat trip must have been good for you,ā he says. āAnd him.
āClosure.ā
He says the word as though heās only recently come across it ā and perhaps he has.
His wife may have used it in front of him. Or his daughter.
I can see them sitting on a terrace, sharing a jug of sangria. Dennis loves his family ā I know that from spending a few minutes with him.
I see them everywhere ā men who love their families. I have an antenna for it.
I see them young ā pushing swings and standing outside of schools. I see them old ā in booths at restaurants ā at graduation ceremoniesā¦
My father was not such a man, I think.
And neither am I.
āHe was completely exonerated.
āThey sent him all the way back to Ireland and he was released. A full acquittal.ā
āI know,ā I say.
āHe may have owed a great deal of money ā he may have been l...