David Seidler wrote The King’s Speech as a play before it became a film for which he won both the Academy Award© and BAFTA for Best Screenplay. Charles Edwards – who recently appeared at ...

His play’s title has a clever double meaning. Younger son of George V, the future George VI, known as Bertie to distinguish him from his father, has a speech impediment – a stammer that makes the ...

Colin Firth plays King George VI and Helena Bonham Carter plays the Queen Mother in a scene from "The King's Speech." (The Weinstein Company) The Weinstein Company By KENNETH TURAN / Los Angeles Times ...