Alan Bennett sealed his reputation as an acute observer of British life with a series of six monologues. At once darkly comic, tragically poignant and wonderfully uplifting, these modern-day classics invite us to explore 12 very different but very real characters and their lives.
Alan Bennett sealed his reputation as an acute observer of British life with a series of six monologues. At once darkly comic, tragically poignant and...
Mrs Donaldson is a conventional middle-class woman beached on the shores of widowhood after a marriage that had been much like many others: happy to begin with, then satisfactory and finally dull. But when she decides to take in two lodgers, her mundane life becomes much more stimulating.
Mrs Donaldson is a conventional middle-class woman beached on the shores of widowhood after a marriage that had been much like many others: happy to b...
'Writing Home' is a wonderfully entertaining collection of Alan Bennett's prose writings. Bringing together his diaries for 1980-1995, with reminiscences and reviews, the diary he kept during the production of his very first play, together with hilarious accounts of his many television plays. From his now-legendary address at Russell Harty's memorial service to recollections of growing up in Leeds, 'Writing Home' gives us a unique and unforgettable portrait of one of England's leading playwrights.
'Writing Home' is a wonderfully entertaining collection of Alan Bennett's prose writings. Bringing together his diaries for 1980-1995, with reminiscen...
Alan Bennett has been one of our leading dramatists since the success of 'Beyond the Fringe' in the 1960s. His television series 'Talking Heads' has become a modern-day classic.
Alan Bennett has been one of our leading dramatists since the success of 'Beyond the Fringe' in the 1960s. His television series 'Talking Heads' has b...
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...
The complete audio collection of Alan Bennett s celebrated monologs, published together for the first time and performed by some of Britain s best ...
Maggie Smith stars as Miss Shepherd in this BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Alan Bennett's celebrated autobiographical stage play and short story. When Miss Shepherd takes refuge in Alan Bennett's Camden garden for three months, she ends up staying for 15 years. The production also features Alan Bennett, Adrian Scarborough and Marcia Warren. A feature film of The Lady in the Van is due for release in 2015, also starring Maggie Smith.
Maggie Smith stars as Miss Shepherd in this BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Alan Bennett's celebrated autobiographical stage play and short story.
Writers like to elude their public, lead them a bit of a dance. In this personal anthology, the author has chosen over seventy poems by six well-loved poets, discussing the writers and their verse in his customary conversational style through anecdote, shrewd appraisal and spare but telling biographical detail.
Writers like to elude their public, lead them a bit of a dance. In this personal anthology, the author has chosen over seventy poems by six well-loved...
Adapted for the screen by the author from his celebrated memoir, this book tells the true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who 'temporarily' parked her van in Bennett's London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.
Adapted for the screen by the author from his celebrated memoir, this book tells the true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singu...
