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Article: 'MADNESS OF GEORGE III' BRINGS THE TROUBLED BRITISH MONARCH TO LIFE.(LIFE & LEISURE)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- September 24, 1993
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Byline: MICHAEL KUCHWARA - Associated Press
STAMFORD, Conn. -- George III was more than the king who lost the Colonies.
American audiences will be startled to discover a gallant, almost heroic figure in Alan Bennett's intriguing "The Madness of George III," now touring the United States courtesy of Great Britain's Royal National Theater. And in Nigel Hawthorne, they will find an actor who gives a gallant, almost heroic performance as the monarch who struggles against a mental affliction that Bennett suggests was physiological and not psychological.
Yet this fascinating evening of theater won't be seen on Broadway. The play's stop at the ...