The King's Speech Page #2
NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN - Chancellor of the Exchequer. Tall, thin,
lugubrious, with the expression of a quizzical chicken hawk.
A BBC technician places a huge imposing microphone suspended on
springs next to the stadium equipment. It looks frightening,
even to us. Bertie's shoulders brace as though expecting a
blow. Elizabeth sees his terror.
TKS/Seidler/09/17/08 5.
ELIZABETH:
Why wasn't he told?
COSMO LANG:
Ten million people listening around the
world, Mam. Possibly more.
exist)
His brother, and father, have been
broadcasting since last year.
The King, growing impatient, hisses:
KING GEORGE V:
Get on with it. Show what you're made of!
Bertie moves forward diffidently, without an ounce of
confidence, knowing deep within he's doomed. His stomach knots,
chest muscles contract, constricting his breath.
BERTIE:
Luh-luh-lords, la-la-ladies, gen-tell-men.
It is a shock to realize this is a man with a profound stutter.
A man who cannot speak in public.
Lang whispers to Churchill. When Lang whispers, everyone can
hear.
COSMO LANG:
I wouldn't miss His Highness' maiden voyage
for all the world. And on such an important
occasion.
Lang really is a piece of work.
For ease of reading, Bertie's stutter is not indicated from this
point on in the script.
BERTIE:
No doubt you wish the Prince Of Wales was
standing before you today.
POV - a sea of dripping umbrellas. No response. This is going
to be a torment for him, and his audience.
7 INT. BBC BROADCASTING STUDIO - DAY 7
A glowing dial on the face of a studio radio. Everyone
listening intently.
TKS/Seidler/09/17/08 6.
BERTIE (ON RADIO)
(stuttering profoundly)
Be that as it may...my brother David is
attending to other duties in the furthest
parts of this vast Empire...
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