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The King's Speech scene 9: EXT. 145 PICADILLY - NEW DAY · The Reading Room

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The King's Speech
Scene 9

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

A Rover arrives at 145 Piccadilly as mourners pass the nearby First World War memorial.

Scene 9 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 9

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 6
The control room waits through the silence on air.
Scene 7
Spectators grow uneasy as the speech fails to start.
Scene 8
Bertie stammers through a few words, then cannot continue as rain begins.
Scene 9
This scene

9EXT. 145 PICADILLY - NEW DAY

Establishing shot of an imposing Georgian edifice, opposite Hyde Park Corner. In the foreground people pay their respects at the WWI monument with fresh wreaths.

A Rover sedan - definitive doctor’s car of the era - arrives. A FOOTMAN scurries down the steps to meet it as the STEWARD opens the front door.

← Scene 8EXT. ROYAL PODIUM - DAY Read the screenplay from here Scene 10 →INT. DRAWING ROOM, 145 PICCADILLY - CONTINUOUS