Most of the film is played straight, but nearly everything functions as parody hiding in plain sight. Take the scene where Spartan is taken out to dinner at an ultra-upscale Taco Bell as a thank-you from the grateful head of San Angeles, Dr. Cocteau...

Bennett's celebrated 1991 play The Madness of George III, was previously turned into an Oscar-winning 1994 film starring Nigel Hawthorne as the long-serving Hanoverian monarch. Behind the title was the story of a monarch who lived until he was 81,...

Source: Supplied EVEN die-hard fans of the BBC TV series Yes, Prime Minister should enjoy this updated, two-hour stage version of that biting political satire on British government. This Australian production, directed deftly by Tom Gutteridge, may not...

Act I comes to a dramatic close with King George, reaching the peak of his illness, strapped to a chair as Handel’s ‘Zadok the Priest’ coronation anthem blasts out, vocally accompanied by his court. One of Alan Bennett’s most highly regarded plays, it...

Haig in his element as the ailing King George III FOR many, Alan Bennetts historical play will forever be associated with Sir Nigel Hawthorne, who played the ailing monarch in the original 1991 production and went on to immortalize it in film. David...

Bennett's hilarious, touching play went on to become the acclaimed 1994 film starring Nigel Hawthorne. The third Hanoverian king, despite many an achievement, is brought down by fits of dementia, which, in turn, become just what pull together this...