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Tyrel 2022-03-16 08:01:02
King George's Madness, King George's Sorrow
"Mad King George" tells the story of the "Regency Crisis" in England in 1788. The cause of the "Regency Crisis" was that King George III went mad, and someone in Parliament called for the establishment of the Prince of Wales as regent. Although the King of England in 1788 was no different from a...
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Chase 2022-03-16 08:01:02
When the man is old
Although it has been very worrying, but in the end I still feel that I do not understand. The film looks sane and crazy, cold and tender, playful and realistic. What does it want to say? Did it just want to tell the story of an old king who went mad and recovered, or something more? Looks like I'll...
Cyril Shaps
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The Madness of King George quotes
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George III: [Signs document] Married yet, Mr. Pitt, what what?
Pitt: No, sir.
George III: [Blows excess pounce off document] Got your eye on anybody then, hey?
Pitt: No, sir.
George III: [Holds out document, which Pitt retrieves while handing the king another one] A man should marry - yes, yes.
[Looks at new document]
George III: Best thing I ever did. And children, you see, children. Great comfort, of course.
[Indicates paper]
George III: This fellow we're putting in as professor at Oxford - was his father Canon of Westminster?
Pitt: I've no idea, sir.
George III: Yes! Yes. Phillips. That's the father, this is the son. And the daughter married the organist at Norwich Cathedral. Sharpe. Yes, and their son is the painter. And the other son is a master at Eton. And he married somebody's niece.
Pitt: Your Majesty's knowledge of even the lowliest of your appointments never ceases to astonish me.
[the king laughs as he signs the document]
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George III: No life is without its regrets yet none is without its consolations.
