Cultural depictions of George III of the United Kingdom

Cultural depictions of George III of the United Kingdom

George III of the United Kingdom has featured in many examples of popular culture.

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Literature

George's insanity is the subject of the play The Madness of George III by Alan Bennett. The role was created by Nigel Hawthorne, who received the Laurence Olivier Award for his role. The play concerns George's second bout of insanity in late 1788 and early 1789, which those in the royal court, including his own son, use as a way to sidestep regal authority. Hawthorne reprised his role in the film version of the play.

In Douglas Adams's book, Life, the Universe and Everything, the character Arthur Dent refers to trees as "those things people think you're mad if you talk to? Like George the Third".[1] He is also referenced in the Dirk Gently series by Douglas Adams as being interested in time-travel.

King George III appears in the novel Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke.

The Flood Tide, Volume 9 of The Morland Dynasty, a series of historical novels by author Cynthia Harrod-Eagles covers this period of history, seen through the eyes of the fictional Morland family.

In Naomi Novik's Victory of Eagles, the fifth Temeraire novel, George is encountered by William Laurence, the protagonist, while on an errand in Edinburgh Castle. Laurence initially fails to recognize the ailing monarch in his sleeping gown, confused and walking alone at night in the snow.

Film

On film, George has been portrayed by:

Television

On television, George has been portrayed by:

Other

The music theatre piece Eight Songs for a Mad King by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies depicts the increasing madness and eventual death of the king as he talks to birds.

The popular 1970s U.S. children's educational series Schoolhouse Rock features a song entitled "No More Kings" which paints George III as a tyrant reluctant to allow the colonies out from under his boot.

George III's papers do not include a diary.[2] The TV series The X-Files uses a fictional anecdote that George III's diary entry on July 4, 1776 read: "Nothing important happened today", as a plot device and as the title of the ninth season premiere. (In fact, George could anyway not have been notified of transatlantic events until weeks later).

George III is also a key character is several episodes of the anime Le Chevalier D'Eon.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Adams, Douglas (1982). Life, the Universe and Everything. London: Pan Books Ltd. pp. 14. ISBN 0330267388. 
  2. ^ National Register of Archives. Papers of George, III (1738–1820) King of Great Britain and Ireland. GB/NNAF/P136128

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