Editing The Madness of King George (section)

===Title change===
In adapting the play to film, the director Nicholas Hytner changed the name from ''The Madness of George III'' to ''The Madness of King George'' for American audiences, to clarify George III's royalty.  A popular explanation developed that the change was made because there was a worry that American audiences would think it was a sequel and not go to see it, assuming they had missed "I" and "II". An interview revealed: "That's not totally untrue," said Hytner, laughing. "But there was also the factor that it was felt necessary to get the word ''King'' into the title."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-08-ca-17601-story.html|title=PROFILE: Life on an Artistic Carousel: Nicholas Hytner, director of 'Miss Saigon' and 'Carousel,' and 'Madness of King George' on film, is the hottest British import. Is he ready for America's Pop Icon Machine?|date=8 January 1995|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=9 July 2017}}</ref>