The King's Speech · written by David Seidler · 2010

Bertie asks Logue to resume their sessions and shares a drink in memory of their fathers.

Scene 40 of 100 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Lionel
Bertie

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 40 min into a 1:31 film

The story so farBefore scene 40

Prince Albert seeks to overcome a lifelong stammer so he can serve his country, but his fear of public failure and the royal hierarchy obstruct his work with an unconventional speech therapist.

Scenes 1–11
Bertie lives within royal ceremony but cannot speak publicly and remains constrained by family roles.
Scenes 12–24
Elizabeth seeks a different treatment because Bertie must speak and conventional medicine has failed.
Scenes 25–30
Bertie enters Logue’s unfamiliar, egalitarian practice and finally commits to its daily work.
Just before
Scene 37
George V dies; David mourns his father and fears that he is now trapped by the throne.
Scene 38
David leaves the bedroom in grief, and Bertie tries to comfort him.
Scene 39
Logue and his sons perform their Shakespeare guessing game before Bertie arrives.
Scene 40
This scene

40INT. WAITING ROOM TO LOGUE’S CHAMBERS - CONTINUOUS

The door opens. Bertie is on the other side.

The two men stare at each other, not sure what to say.

LIONEL

Bertie, they told me not to expect

you.

(beat)

Sorry about your father.

BERTIE

I don’t wish to intrude..

(gesturing towards the consultation room)

May I?

LIONEL

Of course. Please come in.

BERTIE

I’ve been practising. One hour a

day. In spite of everything.

(notices Lionel’s hump)

What’s going on there?

LIONEL

I was, sorry, mucking around with

my kids.

Lionel hastily removes the pillow, tossing it away. Realizes Bertie has entered the consultation room.