The Madness of King George - Thinking about Going

'The fat one?' … 
Rupert Everett as the then Prince of Wales

NT Live presents the Madness of King George, either Thursday or Saturday or both, depending on you local.

Here is the review from The Guardian.  In the review you will get a short history lesson and an idea of what the play will be like.

The title is a good one.  The reviewer can't get it how Nigel Hawthorne could loose out the Oscar to Forrest Gump.

Pretty funny.

Arta

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Possible Questions for Attendees under 21 -- for $1 per questions should  you ber seeing the show with me.

You will find all of the answers in the review quoted above.

1. What does flummery mean:

(1.empty compliments; nonsense."she hated the flummery of public relations") 

2. Who plays the part of King George III

 (Nataniel Hawthorne)

3.Who is the Prime Minister in the story

William Pitt, the Younger

 4. Who is the Whig Leader in the story.  For an extra $ what does Whig leader mean.

5. Modern science now thinks the king had porphyria.    What is that?

(Porphyria (por-FEAR-e-uh) refers to a group of disorders that result from a buildup of natural chemicals that produce porphyrin in your body. Porphyrins are essential for the function of hemoglobin — a protein in your red blood cells that links to porphyrin, binds iron, and carries oxygen to your organs and tissues)

6. The Prince of Wales has made a secret marriage.  To whom?  And why was this a bad marriage.

  Maria Fitzherbert.  He needed both his father's consent, and he needed to find a woman who was not Catholic.