The year is 1786. George III is King of England. He has a loving wife; a nation of subjects, a loyal parliament, and the world kneels at his feet, but all is not as it seems.

When his behaviour becomes increasingly erratic and rumours circulate that he has addressed an oak tree as the King of Prussia, doctors are called in,      Parliament falters, and The Prince Regent manoeuvres himself into power.

From the hand of Alan Bennett, this epic play explores the very nature of duty and kingship, it probes the ties that bind us together as family, as society and as a nation. Drama, dangerous politics and English history collide in a rollercoaster ride where the health of the nation is at the mercy of the mental health of one man.