Rufus Hound Will Lead JACK & SARAH World Premiere at The Mill at Sonning
Actor Rufus Hound will lead the cast in the world premiere of JACK & SARAH at The Mill at Sonning, marking a significant addition to the theatre's season.
The Madness of King George on Video – 1994
Written by Alan Bennett from his stage play and featuring a towering performance by Nigel Hawthorne, and a stunning screen directorial debut (Variety) by Tony Award winner* Nicholas Hytner, this Academy Award-winning masterpiece of royal intrigue ispotent, engrossing and thrilling (Los Angeles Times). Just five years after losing the 'rebellious colonies, it appears that England's King George III (Hawthorne) is now losing his mind! Suddenly, the stately monarch is hallucinating, shouting obscenities, behaving lewdly towards the Queen's (Helen Mirren) comelylady-in-waiting and generally becoming a candidate for the lunatic asylum. The palace doctors are baffled, but the Prince of Wales (Rupert Everett), tired of playing the waiting game, conspires to take advantage of the situation. Will the King's supporters be able to restore their monarch's wits before he's stripped of his throne?
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Starring:
Nigel Hawthorne as King George III
Helen Mirren as Queen Charlotte
Ian Holm as Dr. Willis
Rupert Graves as Greville
Amanda Donohoe as Lady Pembroke
Rupert Everett as The Prince of Wales
Julian Rhind-Tutt as The Duke of York
Julian Wadham as George III's Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger
Jim Carter as Whig MP and leader of the opposition Charles James Fox.
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Company
Filmed: 1994 - Released: 1994
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