The King's Speech
The King's Speech - 2012 West End History , Info & More
Wyndham's Theatre
(Leicester Square) Charing Cross Road London
David Seidler wrote The King’s Speech as a play before it became a film for which he won both the Academy Award© and BAFTA for Best Screenplay. Charles Edwards – who recently appeared at Shakespeare’s Globe opposite Eve Best in Much Ado About Nothing for which he received an Evening Standard Best Actor Nomination – plays King George VI, and Australian born Jonathan Hyde, who was recently seen in The Deep Blue Sea at Chichester Festival Theatre, plays speech therapist Lionel Logue.
David Seidler’s story about how King George VI conquered his debilitating stammer with the help of maverick speech therapist Lionel Logue was one of 2010’s most successful films, winning countless awards including four Academy Awards© and seven BAFTAs and grossing over $400,000,000 worldwide at the Box Office.
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The King's Speech History
Other Productions of The King's Speech
| 2012 | West End |
West End Transfer West End |
| 2012 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| 2019 | Chicago (Regional) |
Chicago Shakespeare North American Premiere Chicago (Regional) |
| 2020 | Washington, DC (Regional) |
The National Theatre D.C. Premiere Washington, DC (Regional) |
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