The King's Speech

Archive Listings for The King's Speech

T0337734194 (TOUR12) World Premiere. Run time: Approx. 130minsCorporate Sponsor Mallory (Bath). Producer Playful Productions. Producer Michael Alden Productions. Director Adrian Noble. Design Anthony Ward. Performer Charles Edwards (George VI). Performer Jonathan Hyde (Lionel Logue). Performer Emma Fielding (Queen Elizabeth). Performer Joss Ackland (George V). Performer Ian McNeice (Churchill). Performer Michael Feast (Cosmo Lang). Performer Charlotte Randle (Myrtle Logue). Performer Daniel Betts (King Edward VIII). Performer David Killick (Stanley Baldwin).
22 Mar 12 to 12 May 12	Wyndham's Theatre, West End :: V421 listing details L2032606746
12 Mar 12 to 17 Mar 12	Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne :: V570 listing details L1984451251
5 Mar 12 to 10 Mar 12	Richmond Theatre, Outer London :: V327 listing details L385429178
27 Feb 12 to 3 Mar 12	Theatre Royal, Brighton :: V657 listing details L0953291732
20 Feb 12 to 25 Feb 12	Theatre Royal, Bath :: V854 listing details L1340567101
13 Feb 12 to 18 Feb 12	Theatre Royal, Nottingham :: V458 listing details L0754653012
2 Feb 12 to 11 Feb 12	Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford :: V702 listing details L629444256

Details

Play :: Bertie, the Duke of York, was never meant to be King. Shy, fragile, afflicted with profound stuttering, his occasional public speeches were a torment to himself and worse to those forced to listen. When his older brother David, now Edward VIII, abdicates his throne in exchange for the bed of a twice divorced American with Nazi sympathies, Bertie s wife Elizabeth turns to a Harley Street speech therapist from Australia: Lionel Logue. What transpires in the privacy of Logue s consultation room is the heart of this drama. Can Bertie, the reluctant King, be ?cured to get through his Coronation, and even more daunting, speak via the BBC to anxious millions throughout the world, rallying the troops, a nation, and an Empire to defend democracy? At the crucial moment comes the disclosure that Logue is not what he seems. Carefully researched, this is the true story of a friendship that changed history.

Author

David Seidler