#221 The Madness of King George

Genre: biographical comedy drama

Director: Nicholas Hytner

Writer: Alan Bennett

Cast: Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren, Ian Holm, Amanda Donohoe, Rupert Graves, and Rupert Everett

Music by: George Fenton and George Frideric Handel

Duration: 110 minutes

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Willis: My patients acquire a better conceit of themselves.

George: I’m the King of England! A man can have no better conceit of himself than that!

Dialogue between the King and his doctor “The Madness of King George” tells the story of the disintegration of a fond and foolish old man, who rules England, yet cannot find his way through the tangle of his own mind. The parallel with “King Lear” is clear, and there is even a moment when George III reads from the play: “I fear I am not in my perfect mind.” But the story of George is not tragedy, because tragedy requires a fall from greatness, and George III is not great – merely lovable, and confused...

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