Speech therapist whose most famous patient was King George VI. Having studied elocution, Logue started his professional career in Perth in the pre-War years; he taught elocution, public speaking, and acting. The end of World War I afforded him the chance to develop treatments for veterans. Logue's speech therapy typically went beyond the physical to incorporate the more spiritual qualities of "humour, patience, and 'superhuman sympathy.'" In his Harley Street office in 1925, Logue began to treat Albert, Duke of York, whose stammer had left an embarrassing impression during an address at the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, on October 31 of that year. Albert consulted Logue of his own volition, and with Logue's help he overcame his stammer to the extent that a 1927 speech before the Australian parliament went much better. Logue's work with the Duke continued in the following decades; perhaps its high point was King George VI's radio address "to his peoples" from Buckingham Palace on September 3, 1939 -- the day Britain and France declared war on Germany. Logue remained the King's friend until his death from lung cancer on February 6, 1952. Logue died the following year, on April 12. He was played by Geoffry Rush in the 2010 British film "The King's Speech."
Speech therapist whose most famous patient was King George VI. Having studied elocution, Logue started his professional career in Perth in the pre-War years; he taught elocution, public speaking, and acting. The end of World War I afforded him the chance to develop treatments for veterans. Logue's speech therapy typically went beyond the physical to incorporate the more spiritual qualities of "humour, patience, and 'superhuman sympathy.'" In his Harley Street office in 1925, Logue began to treat Albert, Duke of York, whose stammer had left an embarrassing impression during an address at the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, on October 31 of that year. Albert consulted Logue of his own volition, and with Logue's help he overcame his stammer to the extent that a 1927 speech before the Australian parliament went much better. Logue's work with the Duke continued in the following decades; perhaps its high point was King George VI's radio address "to his peoples" from Buckingham Palace on September 3, 1939 -- the day Britain and France declared war on Germany. Logue remained the King's friend until his death from lung cancer on February 6, 1952. Logue died the following year, on April 12. He was played by Geoffry Rush in the 2010 British film "The King's Speech."
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