The Madness of George III

Available for 29 days

When a leader loses the plot, how should those around him respond? Elliot Levey, Emma Fielding and Reece Shearsmith star in Alan Bennett’s sparkling tragi-comedy about George III's mental incapacitation and the Regency crisis of 1788-9. Adapted and directed for radio by Emma Harding The King.....Elliot Levey The Queen.....Emma Fielding The Prince of Wales....Joseph Arkley Willis.....Reece Shearsmith Pitt.....Matthew Needham Fitzroy/Sheridan.....Damien Molony Fox.....Enyi Okoronkwo Thurlow.....Sam Dale Baker.....Neil McCaul Dundas.....Billy Hartman Warren.....Simon Armstrong Lady Pembroke.....Clare Corbett Papendiek.....Sam Swann Fortnum.....Matthew Bulgo Nicholson.....Yasmin Mwanza Production Co-ordinator.....Lindsay Rees Sound Design.....Rhys Morris A BBC Audio Wales production for BBC Radio 4