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At a glance:
Author: Alan Bennett
First Published: 1992
Type of Plot: History
Time of Work: 1788-1789
Setting: London and Windsor, England
Principal Characters: George III, Charlotte, Prince of Wales, William Pitt,
Edward Thurlow, Charles Fox, Richard Sheridan, Edmund Burke, Margaret
Nicholson, Lady Pembroke, Sir George Baker, Dr. Willis, Sir Boothby Skrymshir,
Ramsden
Genres: Drama, Biographical drama, History play, Political drama
Subjects: Parents and children, Politics, Doctors, Mental illness, England or
English people, Eighteenth century, Kings, queens, or royalty, Identity,
Government, Diseases, Treason, Heads of state, Mental health
Locales: London, England
The Play
The Madness of George III opens in the autumn of 1788, approximately seven years
after Great Britainâ s loss of the American colonies, a loss that continues to
weigh heavily on the fragile mind of King George III. Surrounding the king are
those who would supplant him and his Tory government, including his eldest son,
the Prince of Wales, and the Whig leaders Fox, Sheridan, and Burke, who conspire
to overturn the Tory government led by Prime Minister William Pitt.
It is not long before the king falls ill with what the playwright depicts,
following a...
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