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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.T969064658Producer The Watermill. Director Emma Butler. Design Bretta Gerecke. Lighting Ryan Day. Sound Robin Colyer. Music Robin Colyer. Director Tyler Holland (assistant). Other Tom Nickson (production manager). Stage ManagerCat Pewsey. Stage ManagerEleanor Walton (deputy). Stage ManagerLeila Stephenson (assistant). Performer Peter Sandys-Clarke (Bertie). Performer Arthur Hughes (Lionel Logue). Performer Aamira Challenger (Elizabeth). Performer Rosa Hesmondhalgh (Myrtle Logue / Wallis Simpson). Performer Christopher Naylor (Cosmo Lang). Performer Stephen Rahman Hughes (David / Stanley Baldwin). Performer Jim Kitson (King George V / Winston Churchill). | |
| 20 Sep 24 to 2 Nov 24 | The Watermill Theatre, Newbury :: V733 listing details L0973422935 |
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