Performance

Venue	Chichester Festival Theatre
	Also: The Spiegeltent
Town	Chichester
County	West Sussex
From	5th February 2015
To	14th February 2015
When	Mon-Sat 19:30. Feb 7, 12, 14 Mats 14:30
Chichester Festival Theatre (V719)
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Date of change: 19 Sep 14 - T01889169551
Date of change: 26 Aug 14 - T01889169551

The King's Speech

Work:: The King's Speech (S946917921)

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.

Author

David Seidler

Production:: (T01889169551)

Corporate Sponsor	Simpson Travel (Chichester)
Producer	Chichester Festival Theatre
Producer	Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Director	Roxana Silbert
Design	Tom Piper
Lighting	Ollie Fenwick
Music	Nick Powell
Performer	Raymond Coulthard (King George VI)
Performer	Jason Donovan (Lionel Logue)
Performer	Nicholas Blane (Winston Churchill)
Performer	Jamie Hinde (David Prince of Wales / Edward VIII)
Performer	Felicity Houlbrooke (Wallace Simpson)
Performer	Claire Lams (Queen Elizabeth)
Performer	Katy Stephens (Myrtle Logue)
Performer	Martin Turner (Archbishop Cosmo Lang)

Listing:: L1148412720

Reviews

Dawn: 08Feb15:
Saw the performance yesterday at Chichester and what an amazing show. Raymond Coulthard and Jason Donovan were both excellent as were all the cast. Made even better by the open stage of The Chichester Festival Theatre. Loved every minute of it. Recommended it to my mother who has had a stammer for over 70 years to get tickets for the Manchester production.

User Reviews

Dawn (08Feb15): Saw the performance yesterday at Chichester and what an amazing show. Raymond Coulthard and Jason Donovan were both excellent as were all the cast. Made even better by the open stage of The Chichester Festival Theatre. Loved every minute of it. Recommended it to my mother who has had a stammer for over 70 years to get tickets for the Manchester production.

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