The King's Speech is a 2012 play written by David Seidler and based on the 2010 Academy Award-winning film of the same name.
The play was staged at the Wyndham's Theatre on London's West End and opened on 27 March 2012 and closed on 12 May 2012.
[1] The story of how King George VI overcame his fear of public speaking through the help of Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue was first researched by David Seidler in the 1970s.
He had originally conceived the piece as a stage play, and contacted Valentine Logue, Lionel's son, and was able to gather information about the story.
The success of the film encouraged producers to bring the story to the stage as originally intended.