Hannah Kofron and Olivia Meyer The king’s speech Hannah Kofron and Olivia Meyer

Background information Prince Albert, Duke of York, is the second son of King George V. Albert repeatedly stammers through many of his speeches, and his wife, Elizabeth, persuades him to visit Lionel Logue, a speech therapist in Perth. King George V dies, and his first son, Prince David takes the throne as Prince Edward VIII. King Edward resigns to marry Mrs. Simpson, and Albert accedes as King George VI. In order speak to the public and be a fit king, George the V hires a speech therapist to fix his stammer. George successfully finds his voice and leads the country through war

Movie Facts 2010 British historical drama Directed by Tom Hooper King George VI is played by Colin Firth His speech therapist, Lionel Logue is played by Geoffrey Rush The film was written by David Seidler who lived with a speech stammer himself Won four academy awards and seven British Academy Film Awards

accuracies Rumors of King George VI’s tortured upbringing were not exaggerated. Left-handed, but forced to write with his right Suffered humiliation of corrective leg splints to cure knocked knees His fondness for smoking in the film Lung cancer Lionel Logue was Australian, taught acting and enunciation in Perth, and worked with war veterans with PTSD that led to speech impediments. There is limited footage of King George’s speeches, but from what has been seen his stammer was as bad as the film depicted.

Inaccuracies Stammer appeared around the age of four or five. King George practiced with a mouthful of marbles as a potential cure Logue and the King met around the 1930’s. Winston Churchill backs the resignation of Edward VIII, which put Bertie onto the throne in December 1936. Logue and the duke did not get along very well.

sources http://news.moviefone.com/2011/02/04/the-kings-speech-fact-vs-fiction/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/28/AR2011012802716.html http://articles.latimes.com/2011/feb/13/entertainment/la-ca-king-truth-20110213