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Logue was born on 26 February 1880 in College Town, South Australia.He was the oldest of four children born to Lavinia (née Rankin) and George Edward Logue. [1] His father was an accountant at his grandfather's brewery who later managed the Burnside Hotel and the Elephant and Castle Hotel. [2]
The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy (2010) is a non-fiction, biographical book written by Peter Conradi and Mark Logue. Logue's grandfather, Lionel Logue, was a speech and language therapist who helped Prince Albert, Duke of York, (later George VI) manage his difficulties in public speaking with a severe stutter.
The story of how King George VI overcame his fear of public speaking through the help of Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue was first researched by David Seidler in the 1970s. He had originally conceived the piece as a stage play, and contacted Valentine Logue , Lionel's son, and was able to gather information about the story.
The King's Speech is a 2010 historical drama film directed by Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler. Colin Firth plays the future King George VI who, to cope with a stammer, sees Lionel Logue, an Australian speech and language therapist played by Geoffrey Rush.
He is co-author with Mark Logue of the best-selling book The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy, which tells the story of the friendship between King George VI and his Australian speech therapist, Lionel Logue, that inspired the highly acclaimed film of the same name. [2]
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After finding the surviving son of Lionel Logue, Valentine Logue, a brain surgeon, he wrote him in 1981. In turn, Logue was keen to talk with Seidler and even share the notebooks his father kept while treating the King, but on the condition that he received "written permission from the Queen Mother" first. Upon writing to her, Seidler received ...
Lionel George Logue (26 February 1880 – 12 April 1953) speech therapist, subject of movie The King's Speech [11] Valentine Logue (1913–2000) married Anne Bolton; Herbert William Logue (1883–1954) married Hazel Lilian Playford (1890–1968) in 1919. Hazel was great-granddaughter of Rev. Thomas Playford