The Unexpected Love of a King and an Actress (research)
Yes, I’m actually researching this fictional piece I’m writing. Turns out, King Edward was born in 1894 and Hattie McDaniel was born in 1893. So they could have had a love affair. I want the piece to be funny, but most of all respectful to Hattie McDaniel, as much as a fictional comedic piece can be anyway. She’ll be liberated, but I think King Edward’s character, we can play with. I think by showing how Prince Harry’s great-grandfather gave up the throne for an American actress, much in the same way Prince Harry gave up his title for an American Actress 84 years later, we can draw parallels and play with the them of the recurrence of history. Even Diana’s and Dodi’s romance echoes this. How history keeps repeating until we think different thoughts and choose different actions. How love breaks down artifice. It could very well morph into a...