The King had a presidential role, supported by Nicholas Rowe as his Prime Minister, the puritanical Pitt. Part of the problem, which among other symptoms turn urine a suitably royal purply-blue, might lie in the stress induced by history and politicking. While Alan Bennett's wit shines through on a constant basis, the tragedy of King George III at the end of the 1780s is searing and heart-breaking. One sign of his success is the ease with which he enables us to forget the efforts of Nigel Hawthorne who so impeccably created the role on stage and screen, starting in 1991 at the National under Nicholas Hytner long before either was knighted. It may only be January but in this transfer from the Theatre Royal in Bath, London may already have witnessed the supreme acting performance of the year.Īt this moment, it is hard to believe that anyone can surpass the magical efforts of David Haig, a man hitherto best known as a comedy specialist, most recently on stage as Jim Hacker in Yes, Prime Minister.
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