The Complete Talking Heads: The classic BBC Radio 4 monologues plus A Woman of No Importance

ISBN-13: 9781785291661 / Angielski / Compact Disc / 2015 / 1 str.

Alan Bennett

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The complete audio collection of Alan Bennett s celebrated monologs, published together for the first time and performed by some of Britain s best actors. The Talking Heads monologs are widely regarded as one of Alan Bennett s finest dramatic achievements. First broadcast on BBC TV and BBC Radio 4 in the 1980s and 1990s, they won a host of awards and huge popular acclaim, and remain among his most admired works today.This collection includes all 12 Talking Heads, plus the precursor of that series, A Woman of No Importance. Beautifully crafted and full of compassion and wry observation, each tale is ripe with the quirky, insightful detail that has become Bennett's trademark. The monologs are: A Woman of No Importance (Patricia Routledge); A Chip in the Sugar (Alan Bennett); A Lady of Letters (Patricia Routledge); Bed Among the Lentils (Anna Massey); Soldiering On (Stephanie Cole); Her Big Chance (Julie Walters); A Cream Cracker Under the Settee (Thora Hird); Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet (Patricia Routledge); The Hand of God (Eileen Atkins); Playing Sandwiches (David Haig); The Outside Dog (Julie Walters); Nights in the Gardens of Spain (Penelope Wilton); and Waiting for the Telegram (Thora Hird). Intensely moving, deeply engrossing, and highly entertaining, these spellbinding soliloquies are essential listening."