An Audience with the Duke of Windsor

Synopsis

In the year of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and following the multi-award winning cinema hits The King's Speech and W.E., comes an explosive and gripping new stage play which tells the extraordinary true story of Edward, Duke of Windsor and his relationship with a ghost writer as they attempt to write his memoir A King's Story for a million dollars. Drawn from extensive research, this revelatory story is the tale of one man's dilemma between love and money following LIFE Magazine's relentless pursuit for a 'tell all' best-selling book - but at what cost to both him and Wallis?

Our Review:

Shane Morgan - 11 March 2013

With the arrival of The Kings Speech last year, the life and times of Bertie, or King George VI to his subjects, is now well documented. His brother David, or Edward VIII as he was briefly known, was touched upon and is widely thought of as being the Nazi sympathising, American loving playboy. Bob Kingdom’s latest, An Audience with the Duke of Windsor aims to dispel the many myths surrounding Edward VIII/David/Duke of Windsor and give the man and the monarch a human face.

With the premise of a tell-all book on the horizon and the relentless pursuit of the press, the Duke wishes for a life of simple pleasures that centre around his beloved Wallis. In an evening full of anecdotes before, during and after his reign, this is a show clearly researched in depth.

From the man who brought us the tie knot, the turn up and the post war royal paparazzi hunt, he was a fascinating figure. The myth of the Nazi sympathiser is dealt with in one simple explanation. Being hal...

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