![]() ![]() King George's erratic behavior sets off a potentially devastating parliamentary crisis and struggle for power by those taking advantage of the political chaos. ![]() Always considered a rather peculiar and eccentric character, it's soon apparent that those eccentricities are actually fueled by his declining mental state as a result of mental illness, during a time when there was no process for accurate diagnosis, let alone appropriate treatment. ![]() The Madness of King George is a fictionalized account of the latter days of King George III's (Nigel Hawthorne) reign over England. ![]() Playwright Alan Bennett was also heavily involved in the production, writing the adapted screenplay for the film. Hytner accepted, but under the condition that Nigel Hawthorne, a classically-trained stage actor and winner of the 1992 Olivier award for best actor for his performance in The Madness of George III, would be allowed to reprise his role for the screen. Nicholas Hytner, the director who brought Alan Bennett's play to the stage in the original production, was asked to direct the film adaptation. The play was an enormous success, prompting the feature-length film adaptation The Madness of King George (1994). In 1991, Alan Bennett's fictionalized biographical play of King George III, titled The Madness of George III, premiered at the National Theatre in London. ![]()
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