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The King’s Speech

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The King’s Speech is a 2010 British historical drama film directed by Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler. Colin Firth plays the future King George VI who, to cope with a stammer, sees Lionel Logue, an Australian speech and language therapist played by Geoffrey Rush. The men become friends as they work together, and after his brother abdicates the throne, the new king relies on Logue to help him make his first wartime radio broadcast upon Britain’s declaration of war on Germany in 1939.

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Script

Vocabulary

• (Your) Royal Highness
• Demosthenes
• “I’m just in the loo”
• “everyone to no avail”
• “required to speak publicly”
• “Indentured servitude?”
• “hubby”
• “to pop by”
• “unobliging”
• “to be a sport”
• “inane”
• “the matter is settled”
• “regal”
• “Bertie tries to smile despite his mood, but doesn’t make a job of it”
• “to take a stroll”
• “a good lad”
• “Timing isn’t my strong suit”
• ”.. no-one would give a damn.”
• “What on earth do you mean?”
• “Your first recollection”
• “Because I bloody well stammer”
• “You have a little bit of a temper”
• “One of my many faults”
• “Shan’t”
• “One usually wagers money
• “a bob, a schilling” old currency system in Great Britain

Quotes

• “My ‘castle’, my rules.”

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