***The Madness of King George***

We have a new king and now we celebrate how weird it is to have a king.

Film will start at 7.30pm.  The Star and Shadow does not have trailers.

Nigel Hawthorne’s Oscar nominated portrayal of King George III is a career best. A period drama full of rampant guffaws. Come celebrate the madness of royalty at the Star and Shadow - what, what!

Aging King George III of England (Sir Nigel Hawthorne) is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788. As the monarch alternates between bouts of confusion and near-violent outbursts of temper, his hapless doctors attempt the ineffectual cures of the day. Meanwhile, Queen Charlotte (Dame Helen Mirren) and Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger (Julian Wadham) attempt to prevent the King's political enemies, led by the Prince of Wales (Rupert Everett), from usurping the throne.