The Madness of George III  April 13  June 12, 2011  in CST's
Courtyard Theater  by Alan Bennett directed by Penny Metropulos
Playgoer's Guide   Still stinging from the loss of his colonies
in America, an eccentric King George III displays symptoms of a
mysterious disease. Impatient members of Parliament—the Tories,
ardently defending the monarchy, and the Whigs, campaigning to
curtail royal power—bitterly argue among themselves as the
future of England's governmental system hangs in the balance.
The King's devoted Queen, the Prince of Wales—an eager heir to
the throne—and an assorted menagerie of doctors wage their own
battles over the control of the body and treatment, as the man
himself struggles to maintain his royal role and identity.
Historical Cont​ext  George III was born into the German Hanover
line, which came to the throne when Queen Anne, the last of the
Stuarts, failed to produce an heir, and the English courts ruled
that the monarchy should be Protestant and Hanoverian. He
reigned during a time