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Lionel George Logue, CVO (26 February 1880 – 12 April 1953) was an Australian speech and language therapist and amateur stage actor who helped King George VI manage his stammer. Early life and family
Dec 9, 2021 · Graphicaartis/Getty Images. "The King's Speech" is a 2010 dramatic biographical film, recounting the friendship between King George VI of England and his Australian speech therapist, Lionel Logue. The film also covers Edward VIII's 1936 abdication, and George VI's subsequent coronation and shouldering of responsibility during World War II.
Dec 16, 2017 · Lionel Logue was in the same room at the time of the King’s radio broadcast, now referred as the King’s Speech, which gave great comfort to his nation and its people throughout the war. While on the surface, the charismatic Edward VIII seemed to be better equipped to be king than his brother who eventually took his place, George VI displayed fortitude and dignity and rose to the challenge ...
The King died on 6th February 1952 aged 56 years, and Logue on April 12th 1953, aged 73 years. Perhaps his greatest accolade was the press report on George VI’s speech at his coronation of 12th May 1937: “The King’s voice was strong and deep, resembling to a startling degree the voice of his father…His words came through firmly, clearly ...
Dec 15, 2010 · Logue worked with the King on the text and went to Windsor to hear him deliver it. He was impressed to note he made only one mistake: he stumbled over the "W" in weapons. Afterwards, he asked him ...
Aug 22, 2020 · The amiable Logue gave the shy young Duke the skills and the confidence to stand and deliver before a crowd. And when his elder brother, Edward VIII, abdicated the throne to marry for love, 'Bertie' was able to assume the reins of power as King George VI Originally published: London : Quercus, 2010 Includes bibliographical references and index
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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.
