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The Madness of George III by Alan Bennett (National Theatre)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Hugh Freeman
Hugh Freeman*
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The British Journal of Psychiatry
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The mighty in a fallen state represent one of the oldest themes in drama, reminding people in each successive epoch that underneath the trappings of power and authority is but a mortal man – or sometimes woman. Alan Bennett's depiction of The Madness of George III follows a trajectory from ‘Before’ – royal business, marital contentment, and family conflict – through the agonies of psychosis and its medical responses, to ‘After’ – (more or less) back to normal.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , April 1992 , pp. 249 - 250
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1992

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