Is a stage “King’s Speech” really necessary?

A stage version of The King’s Speech, directed by Adrian Noble, will open at London’s Wyndham’s Theatre tonight, according to today’s Playbill.com. Charles Edwards will play King George VI, with Jonathan Hyde portraying speech therapist Lionel Logue. Writer David Seidler had fashioned the material—about a young king’s efforts to overcome a severe stammer—as a play, [...]