"The Madness of King George The Madness of King George is a 1994 British biographical historical comedy-drama film directed by Nicholas Hytner and adapted by Alan Bennett from his own play, ""The Madness of George III"". It tells the true story of George III of Great Britain's deteriorating mental health, and his equally declining relationship with his eldest son, the Prince of Wales, particularly focusing on the period around the Regency Crisis of 1788–89. Modern medicine has suggested that the King's symptoms were the result of acute intermittent porphyria, although this theory has more recently been vigorously challenged, most notably"
"London, which won him Best Actor at the 1991 Charrington London Fringe Awards; Martin Sherman's ""A Madhouse in Goa"" (1989) opposite Vanessa Redgrave; and as Eddie in the Peter Hall Company's production of David Rabe's ""Hurlyburly"" (1997-8) at the Old Vic and Queen's Theatre, for which he was nominated for the 1998 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor. Rupert Graves Rupert S. Graves (born 30 June 1963) is an English film, television, and theatre actor. He is known for his roles in ""A Room with a View"", ""Maurice"", ""The Madness of King George"" and ""The Forsyte Saga"". Since 2010 he"
"has performed in many other prominent films, including ""The Madness of King George"" (1994), ""Shakespeare in Love"" (1998), ""Inspector Gadget"" (1999), ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" (1999), ""The Next Best Thing"" (2000), ""Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking"" (2004), ""Stardust"" (2007) and the ""Shrek"" sequels. He co-starred with Eva Green in Tim Burton's film ""Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children"" (2016). Everett was born in Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk, to Major Anthony Michael Everett (1921–2009), who worked in business and served in the British Army, and wife Sara (née Maclean). He has a brother, Simon Anthony Cunningham Everett (born"
"Rupert Graves Rupert S. Graves (born 30 June 1963) is an English film, television, and theatre actor. He is known for his roles in ""A Room with a View"", ""Maurice"", ""The Madness of King George"" and ""The Forsyte Saga"". Since 2010 he has starred as DI Lestrade in the BBC television series ""Sherlock"". Graves was born in Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, England, to Mary Lousilla (""née"" Roberts) Graves, a travel coordinator, and Richard Harding Graves, a music teacher and musician. Graves was educated at Wyvern Community School, a state comprehensive school in his home town of Weston-super-Mare, which he left at"
"The Madness of George III The Madness of George III is a 1991 play by Alan Bennett. It is a fictionalised biographical study of the latter half of the reign of George III of the United Kingdom, his battle with mental illness, and the inability of his court to handle his condition. It was adapted for film in 1994 as ""The Madness of King George"". The play had its premiere on 28 November 1991 at the Lyttelton Theatre of the National Theatre in London. It was directed by Nicholas Hytner and designed by Mark Thompson. The play starred Nigel Hawthorne"
"Tointon. In July 2010, Everett was featured in the popular family history programme ""Who Do You Think You Are?"" Released in late 2010, the comedy film ""Wild Target"" featured Everett as an art-loving gangster, and also starred Bill Nighy and Emily Blunt. In 2012 Everett starred in the television adaptation of ""Parade's End"" with Benedict Cumberbatch. The five-part drama was adapted by Sir Tom Stoppard from the novels of Ford Madox Ford, and Everett appears as the brother of protagonist Christopher Tietjens. Everett then starred as Oscar Wilde in ""The Judas Kiss"", a stage play which was revived at London's"
"her role and Alan Bennett playing himself. He adapted the story again for a 2015 film, with Maggie Smith reprising her role again, and Nicholas Hytner directing again. In the film Alex Jennings plays the two versions of Bennett, although Alan Bennett appears in a cameo at the very end of the film. Bennett adapted his 1991 play ""The Madness of George III"" for the cinema. Entitled ""The Madness of King George"" (1994), the film received four Academy Award nominations: for Bennett's writing and the performances of Nigel Hawthorne and Helen Mirren. It won the award for best art direction."
"by a research project based at St George's, University of London, which concluded that George III did actually suffer from mental illness after all. ""The Madness of King George"" won the BAFTA Awards in 1995 for Outstanding British Film and Best Actor in a Leading Role for Nigel Hawthorne; it also won the Best Art Direction and was nominated for additional Oscars for Best Supporting Actress for Mirren and Best Adapted Screenplay. Helen Mirren also won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress and Hytner was nominated for the Palme d'Or. In 1999, the British Film Institute voted ""The"
"in a school production of ""Hamlet"" that played at the Edinburgh Festival fringe in the mid 1980s. After reading English and Theatre Studies at the University of Warwick, he attended the Central School of Speech and Drama in London where he won the 1992 Carleton Hobbs Award from BBC Radio Drama. Rhind-Tutt landed his first big acting break playing the Duke of York in ""The Madness of King George"" (1994). This was followed by a succession of smaller television and film roles. He then landed a major role in William Boyd's First World War drama ""The Trench"" (1999) alongside Paul"
"Alan Bennett's stage play ""The Madness of George III"" (for which he won a Best Actor Olivier Award) and the film version entitled ""The Madness of King George"", for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and won the BAFTA Film Award for Best Actor. He won a sixth BAFTA for the 1996 TV mini-series ""The Fragile Heart"". Hawthorne was also a voice actor, and lent his voice to two Disney films: Fflewddur Fflam in ""The Black Cauldron"" (1985), and Professor Porter in ""Tarzan"" (1999). An intensely private person, he was upset at having been involuntarily outed"
"Stephen Fry Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist. With Hugh Laurie, he is half of the comic double act Fry and Laurie, who starred in ""A Bit of Fry & Laurie"" and ""Jeeves and Wooster"". Fry's acting roles include a Golden Globe Award–nominated lead performance in the film ""Wilde"", Melchett in the BBC television series ""Blackadder"", the title character in the television series ""Kingdom"", a recurring guest role as Dr Gordon Wyatt on the crime series ""Bones"", and as Gordon Deitrich in the dystopian thriller ""V for Vendetta"". He has"
"Jared Harris Jared Francis Harris (born 24 August 1961) is a British actor, best known for his roles as Lane Pryce in the television drama series ""Mad Men"", David Robert Jones in the science fiction series ""Fringe"", King George VI in the historical series ""The Crown"", Anderson Dawes on the science fiction series ""The Expanse"" and captain Francis Crozier in the AMC series ""The Terror"". He has also had significant supporting roles in films such as ""Mr Deeds"" (2002), ""The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"" (2008), """" (2011), ""Lincoln"" (2012), and ""Allied"" (2016). Harris was born in Hammersmith, London, one"
"Madness of King George"" the 42nd greatest British film of all time. The film depicts the ordeal of King George III whose bout of madness in 1788 touched off the Regency Crisis of 1788, triggering a power struggle between factions of Parliament under the conservative William Pitt the Younger and the reform-minded Charles James Fox. At first, the King's habits appear mildly eccentric, and are purposely ignored for reasons of state. The King is seen as being highly concerned with the wellbeing and productivity of England, and continually exhibits an encyclopedic knowledge of the families of even the most obscure"
"Rupert Everett Rupert James Hector Everett (; born 29 May 1959) is an English actor and writer. He first came to public attention in 1981, when he was cast in Julian Mitchell's play and subsequent film ""Another Country"" (1984) as an openly homosexual pupil at an English public school in the 1930s; the role earned him his first BAFTA Award nomination. He went on to receive a second BAFTA Award nomination and his first Golden Globe Award nomination for his role in ""My Best Friend's Wedding"" (1997), followed by a second Golden Globe nomination for ""An Ideal Husband"" (1999). Everett"
"A statue of Queen Charlotte stands in Queen Square in Bloomsbury, London, and at the Charlotte/Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, was chartered in 1766 as ""Queen's College"", in reference to Queen Charlotte. It was renamed until 1825, in honor of Henry Rutgers, a Revolutionary War officer and college benefactor. Its oldest extant building, Old Queen's (built 1809–1823), and the city block that forms the historic core of the university, Queen's Campus, retain their original names. Queen Charlotte was played by Helen Mirren in the 1994 film ""The Madness of King George."""
"occasionally in comedies. His large frame and massive features typecast him in roles as master criminals and spies, or conversely as police officers or detectives, as well as other authority figures. He was frequently cast in ""foreign"" roles, portraying Turks, Italians, Arabs, Greeks or Orientals; he also played King George I, King George II in Disney's ""Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue"" and King George III twice. One of his earliest film appearances was in Carol Reed's classic ""The Third Man"" (1949). He also played supporting roles in such British films as ""They Who Dare"" (1954), ""Chance of a Lifetime"" (1950),"
"has two daughters, Emily, born in December 1988, and Daisy, born in 1991, both of whom are actresses. Articles and interviews Anthony Head Anthony Stewart Head (born 20 February 1954), usually known as Anthony Head, or simply Tony Head, is an English actor and musician. He rose to fame in the UK following his role in the Gold Blend couple television advertisements for Nescafé Gold Blend, and is known for his roles as Rupert Giles in ""Buffy the Vampire Slayer"", Uther Pendragon in ""Merlin"", the Prime Minister in ""Little Britain"", and as Herc Shipwright in BBC Radio 4's ""Cabin Pressure""."
"when necessary, and a sense of timing becomes King of England. Rupert, of course, hasn’t murdered his brother and seduced the wife of the man he’s just murdered within the first 10 minutes of the play, but then Richard comes to a grisly end, whereas Rupert survives everything and his share prices and fortune keep rising. So in that sense his story is even more remarkable. “It’s not a typical Williamson comedy,"" the playwright added. “It harks back more to the rambunctious theatrical near-cabaret style of my early work for the APG [the Australian Performing Group]."" The premiere 2013 production"
"Robert DoQui Robert DoQui (April 20, 1934 – February 9, 2008) was an American actor who starred in film and on television. He is best known for his roles as King George in the 1973 film ""Coffy"", starring Pam Grier; as Wade in Robert Altman's 1975 film ""Nashville""; and as Sgt. Warren Reed in the 1987 science fiction film ""RoboCop"", the 1990 sequel ""RoboCop 2"", and the 1993 sequel ""RoboCop 3"". He starred on television and is also known for his voice as Pablo Roberts on the cartoon series ""Harlem Globetrotters"" from 1970-1973. DoQui was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He"
"role of George. Jack Lemmon was offered the role initially, but when he turned it down, Warner Bros. president Jack L. Warner agreed on Burton and paid him $750,000. Nichols was hired to helm the project at Taylor's request, despite having never directed a film. Albee preferred Bette Davis and James Mason for Martha and George respectively, fearing that the Burtons' strong screen presence would dominate the film. Instead, it proved to be what Alpert described as ""the summit of both Richard's and Elizabeth's careers"". The film's script, adapted from Albee's play by Ernest Lehman, broke new ground for its"
"Get"" (2016) by Rex Obano, and as Lord Byron in the BBC Radio 4 comedy ""Boswell's Life of Byron"" (2018) by Jon Canter. Freddie Fox (actor) Frederick Samson Robert Morice ""Freddie"" Fox (born 5 April 1989) is an English actor. His screen career highlights include roles as singer Marilyn in the BBC's Boy George biopic ""Worried About the Boy"" (2010), King Louis XIII in ""The Three Musketeers"" (2011), Edwin Drood in the BBC's ""The Mystery of Edwin Drood"" (2012), and Freddie Baxter in the two gay-themed television series ""Cucumber"" (2015) and ""Banana"" (2015). His many notable theatre credits include starring"
"Anthony Head Anthony Stewart Head (born 20 February 1954), usually known as Anthony Head, or simply Tony Head, is an English actor and musician. He rose to fame in the UK following his role in the Gold Blend couple television advertisements for Nescafé Gold Blend, and is known for his roles as Rupert Giles in ""Buffy the Vampire Slayer"", Uther Pendragon in ""Merlin"", the Prime Minister in ""Little Britain"", and as Herc Shipwright in BBC Radio 4's ""Cabin Pressure"". Head was born in Camden Town, London. His father was Seafield Laurence Stewart Murray Head (1919–2009), a documentary filmmaker and a"
"Clearing"", ""Pride"", ""Raising Helen"", and ""Shadowboxer"". Mirren also provided the voice for the supercomputer ""Deep Thought"" in the film adaptation of Douglas Adams' ""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"". During her career, she has portrayed three British queens in different films and television series: Queen Elizabeth I in the television series ""Elizabeth I"" (2005), Queen Elizabeth II in ""The Queen"" (2006), and Queen Charlotte, the wife of King George III, in ""The Madness of King George"" (1994). She is the only actor ever to have portrayed both Queens Elizabeth on the screen. Mirren's title role of ""The Queen"" earned her"
"that thereafter I only needed to do what I wanted to do."" What Hytner did was to continue directing theatre and opera, including several productions at London's National Theatre (where he had first directed in 1989 with ""Ghetto""). In 1990, he was appointed an Associate Director of the National by its then-Director Richard Eyre. One of the plays he directed was Alan Bennett's ""The Madness of George III"". When a film adaptation was commissioned, Bennett insisted Hytner should direct it, and the retitled ""The Madness of King George"" (1994) became Hytner's film debut. In 1994, Eyre announced he would be"
"later Sir Joseph Porter in ""H.M.S. Pinafore"", Peter Grigg in ""The Chieftain"", Pish-Tush and later Ko-Ko and the title role in ""The Mikado"", Mr. Cox in ""Cox and Box"", Grand Duke Rudolph in ""The Grand Duke"", the Lord Chancellor and later Lord Mountararat in ""Iolanthe"", King Ferdinand and later Boodel in ""His Majesty"", and John Wellington Wells in ""The Sorcerer"", Prince Paul in ""The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein"", King Ouf in ""The Lucky Star"", the Usher in ""Trial by Jury"", Hassan in ""The Rose of Persia"", Pat Murphy and later Professor Bunn in ""The Emerald Isle"" and Mons. Sarsenet in"
"in 1775 and lieutenant-colonel in 1777. He saw little or no active service and perhaps the most notable aspect of his army career was as an equerry to King George III from 1781 to 1797. This included the king's first bout of physical and mental illness, then known as madness, for which Greville's diaries are a valuable primary source. Some incidents from them were incorporated into the play ""The Madness of George III"" and its film adaptation - a fictionalised Greville appears in both of them, played in the film by Rupert Graves. Greville's duties as an equerry did not"
"he made his first appearance on 30 September 1783 as Hamlet. In this role he awakened interest and discussion among the critics such as Harriet Evans Martin rather than the enthusiastic approval of the public. As Macbeth on 31 March 1785 he shared in the enthusiasm aroused by Sarah Siddons, and established a reputation among living actors second only to hers. Brother and sister had first appeared together at Drury Lane on 22 November 1783, as Beverley and Mrs Beverley in Edward Moore's ""The Gamester"", and as King John and Constance in Shakespeare's tragedy. In the following year they played"
"George Sanders George Henry Sanders (3 July 1906 – 25 April 1972) was a British film and television actor, singer-songwriter, music composer, and author. His career as an actor spanned over forty years. His upper-class English accent and bass voice often led him to be cast as sophisticated but villainous characters. He is perhaps best known as Jack Favell in ""Rebecca"" (1940), Scott ffolliott in ""Foreign Correspondent"" (1940) (a rare heroic part), Addison DeWitt in ""All About Eve"" (1950), for which he won an Academy Award, Sir Brian De Bois-Guilbert in ""Ivanhoe"" (1952), King Richard the Lionheart in ""King Richard"
"in 'Twelfth Night,' and Blister in the 'Virgin Unmasked.' Many similar parts were assigned him, including Robin in the 'Waterman,' Dumps in the 'Natural Son,' Lord Plausible in the 'Plain Dealer,' Snip in 'Harlequin's Invasion,' Allscrap in the 'Heiress,' Trappanti, Mungo, First Gravedigger, Gibbet in the 'Beaux' Stratagem,' Diggory in 'All the World's a Stage,' Colonel Oldboy in the 'School for Fathers,' Obediah in the 'Committee,' Moneytrap in the 'Confederacy,' Launcelot Gobbo, Doctor Bilioso (an original part) in Cobb's 'Doctor and Apothecary,' 25 October 1788, Gardiner in 'King Henry VIII,' Oliver (an original part) in Cumberland's 'Impostors,' 26 January 1789,"
"A play, ""The Libertine"" (1994), was written by Stephen Jeffreys, and staged by the Royal Court Theatre. The 2004 film ""The Libertine"", based on Jeffreys' play, starred Johnny Depp as Rochester, Samantha Morton as Elizabeth Barry, John Malkovich as King Charles II and Rosamund Pike as Elizabeth Malet. Michael Nyman set to music an excerpt of Rochester's poem ""Signor Dildo"" for the film. Rochester is the central character in Anna Lieff Saxby's 1996 erotic novella, ""No Paradise but Pleasure"". The story of Lord Rochester’s life in Susan Cooper-Bridgewater’s Historical Fiction ""‘Of Ink, Wit and Intrigue"" – ""Lord Rochester in Chains"
"of Poseidon in the 1997 TV adaptation of ""The Odyssey"". Most recently he was seen as Major Marchbanks in the BBC adaptation of Philip Pullman's ""The Ruby in the Smoke"" and he appeared in 2007 in the sixth series of the crime-drama ""Waking the Dead"". In 2008, he made a brief appearance as Edward Tunstall in the BBC's ""EastEnders"". He narrated the Sky1 version of the New Zealand documentary ""The Lion Man"" and appeared in an episode of ""A Touch of Frost"". In 2010, Anderson appeared as the title character in The Madness of George III mounted by director Adrian"
"as suffering'. I certainly didn’t understand what it meant and I'm sure my mother reading it to me hadn't got a clue what it meant, but that was interesting and mysterious and a deep thought. The subsequent film, ""The Happy Prince"", written and directed by Everett, was released in 2018. In 2015 it was announced that he would play the part of Philippe Achille, Marquis de Feron, the corrupt Governor of Paris, Head of the Red Guard and illegitimate brother to Louis XIII in the third series of the BBC One drama ""The Musketeers"". In 2017 Everett appeared as a"
"Farnborough, Hampshire. He attended Cove Senior School between 1980 and 1982, before moving back north to his hometown. Marc Warren Marc Warren (born 20 March 1967) is an English actor, known for his British television roles. His roles have included Albert Blithe in ""Band of Brothers"", Danny Blue in ""Hustle"", Dougie Raymond in ""The Vice"", Dominic Foy in ""State of Play"", Elton Pope in ""Doctor Who "", Rick in ""Mad Dogs"", the Comte de Rochefort in ""The Musketeers"" and the Gentleman in ""Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell"". Warren has consistently worked in film, television, theatre and radio. He was a"