Literature
George's insanity is the subject of the play The Madness of George III by Alan Bennett. The role was created by Nigel Hawthorne, who received the Laurence Olivier Award for his role. The play concerns George's second bout of insanity in late 1788 and early 1789, which those in the royal court, including his own son, use as a way to sidestep regal authority. Hawthorne reprised his role in the film version of the play.
In Douglas Adams's book, Life, the Universe and Everything, the character Arthur Dent refers to trees as "those things people think you're mad if you talk to? Like George the Third". He is also referenced in the Dirk Gently series by Douglas Adams as being interested in time-travel.
King George III appears in the novel Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke.
The Flood Tide, Volume 9 of The Morland Dynasty, a series of historical novels by author Cynthia Harrod-Eagles covers this period of history, seen through the eyes of the fictional Morland family.
In Naomi Novik's Victory of Eagles, the fifth Temeraire novel, George is encountered by William Laurence, the protagonist, while on an errand in Edinburgh Castle. Laurence initially fails to recognize the ailing monarch in his sleeping gown, confused and walking alone at night in the snow.
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