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The Madness of George III
The Madness of George III
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Last Copy!
Author: Alan Bennett Publisher: Faber & Faber Format: Softcover # of Pages: 81 Pub. Date: 1992 ISBN-10: 0571167497 ISBN-13: 9780571167494 Cast Size: 3 female, 23 male
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About
the Play:
HARD TO FIND BOOK, only a very limited number of copies are still available.
The
Madness of George III was one of Royal National Theatre of
Britain's top 100 plays of the 20th century.
The
Madness of George III is a full-length drama by Alan Bennett.
You may well have watched the musical Hamilton but do you know the
British side of the story behind King George III? The Madness of
George III is a brilliant exploration of duty and kingship, a
comic masterpiece by Alan Bennett giving a new insight to a key
period of history. Gripping drama, dangerous politics and irreverent
comedy collide in a roller coaster ride where the health of the
nation is at the mercy of the mental health of one man.
The
Madness of George III tells the story of the third Hanoverian
King of Great Britain, who despite his string of accomplishments –
he founded the Royal Academy of Arts, was a passionate advocate of
science, literature and music and fathered 15 children – is best
remembered for his bouts of uncontrollable insanity. The year is
1786. George III is King. He has a loving wife, a nation of subjects,
a loyal parliament, and the world kneels at his feet.... He may have
been anointed by God, but when he becomes increasingly erratic after
losing the American colonies, it's clear that he's all too human.
Rumours are circulating that he has even addressed an oak tree as the
King of Prussia. Parliament falters, and his son, the Prince Regent, exploits this weakness to increase his own power. Doctors are called in to cure the King's madness. All of
them are eminently respectable quacks and one is in the employ of the Prince Regent, a man with a strong motive for easing the King
further into madness. When the King recovers with the aid of a
country doctor, a constitutional crisis is averted. Part political
comedy, part touching love story, King George remains witty, moving,
and ultimately triumphant. The Madness of George III is about the real men and women behind the icons we create.
The
Madness of George III premiered in 1991 at the National Theatre
in London and went on to become an international theatrical sensation
and was adapted into an Oscar-winning film.
Cast:
3 female, 23 male (room for extras)
What
people say:
"Absolutely
engrossing." — New York Post
"A
richly amusing evening of high office politics with plenty of
contemporary resonances." — Daily Express
"What
Mr. Bennett achieves with a consummate sense of theatre is in making
this remote, ambiguous monarch character totally accessible to a
modern audience, at once a fascinating figure of both tragedy and
heroism." — The Daily Mail
About
the Playwright:
Alan
Bennett is now regarded as perhaps the premier English dramatist
of his generation. Over the last thirty years, Bennett has written
ten stage plays, three screenplays, eight television documentaries,
and over thirty plays for television. His work focuses on the
everyday and the mundane; on people with typically British
characteristics and obsessions. He has won multiple awards for all
aspects of his work including his writing and acting and has declined
both a CBE and a knighthood.
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