A meditation on power and the metaphor of the body of state, based on the real episode of dementia experienced by George III [now suspected a victim of porphyria, a blood disorder]. As he loses his senses, he becomes both more alive and more politically marginalized; neither effect desirable to his lieutenants, who jimmy the rules to avoid a challenge to regal authority, raising the question of who is really in charge.
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Adrian Scarborough , Alan Bennett , Amanda Donohoe , Anthony Calf , Barry Stanton , Caroline Harker , Celestine Randall , Cyril Shaps , David Leon , Dermot Keaney , Geoffrey Palmer , Helen Mirren , Iain Mitchell , Ian Holm , James Peck , Janine Duvitski , Jeremy Child , Jim Carter , John Wood , Julian Rhind-Tutt , Julian Wadham , Matthew Lloyd Davies , Michael Grandage , Nich