nigel hawthorne played george in the madness of king george.
nigel hawthorne played george in the madness of king george.
who played george in the madness of king george?
nigel hawthorne
bullet::::- alan bennett - "the madness of king george"









































actor of the year









































bullet::::- johnny depp - "ed wood" and "don juan demarco"









































actress of the year









































bullet::::- nicole kidman - "to die for"









































british actor of the year









































bullet::::- nigel hawthorne - "the madness of king george"









































british actress of the year









































bullet::::- kate winslet - "heavenly creatures"









































newcomer of the year









































bullet::::- chris noonan - "babe"









































british newcomer of the year









































bullet::::- danny boyle - "shallow grave"









































british technical achievement of the year









































bullet::::- ken adam - "the madness of king george"









































british producer of the year
london film critics circle awards 1995
bullet::::- king george iii. the mental illness exhibited by george iii in the regency crisis of 1788 has inspired several attempts at retrospective diagnosis. the first, written in 1855, thirty-five years after his death, concluded that he had acute mania. m. guttmacher, in 1941, suggested manic-depressive psychosis as a more likely diagnosis. the first suggestion that a physical illness was the cause of king george's mental derangement came in 1966, in a paper called "the insanity of king george iii: a classic case of porphyria", with a follow-up in 1968, "porphyria in the royal houses of stuart, hanover and prussia". the papers, by a mother/son psychiatrist team, were written as though the case for porphyria had been proven, but the response demonstrated that many experts, including those more intimately familiar with the manifestations of porphyria, were unconvinced. many psychiatrists disagreed with the diagnosis, suggesting bipolar disorder as far more probable. the theory is treated in "purple secret," which documents the ultimately unsuccessful search for genetic evidence of porphyria in the remains of royals suspected to have had it. in 2005, it was suggested that arsenic (which is known to be porphyrogenic) given to george iii with antimony may have caused his porphyria. this study found high levels of arsenic in king george's hair. in 2010, one analysis of historical records argued that the porphyria claim was based on spurious and selective interpretation of contemporary medical and historical sources. the mental illness of george iii is the basis of the plot in "the madness of king george", a 1994 british film based upon the 1991 alan bennett play, "the madness of george iii". the closing credits of the film include the comment that the illness that king george had has been attributed to porphyria and that it is hereditary.
porphyria