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The King's Speech scene 7: EXT. SPECTATOR STAND, EMPIRE STADIUM -DAY · The Reading Room

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The King's Speech
Scene 7

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

Spectators grow uneasy as the speech fails to start.

Scene 7 of 100 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 4 min into a 1:31 film

The story so farBefore scene 7

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.

Just before
Scene 4
Backstage, Bertie freezes before the live speech; Elizabeth and officials try to steady him.
Scene 5
Bertie reaches the microphone but cannot begin his address.
Scene 6
The control room waits through the silence on air.
Scene 7
This scene

7EXT. SPECTATOR STAND, EMPIRE STADIUM -DAY

In the tense silence PAN THROUGH some of the crowd waiting with growing discomfort. In particular we notice a father and son watching intently.

← Scene 6INT. CONTROL ROOM, BBC BROADCASTING HOUSE - DAY Read the screenplay from here Scene 8 →EXT. ROYAL PODIUM - DAY