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Jan 1, 2001 · The Lady in the Van. Alan Bennett. 3.71. 10,352 ratings770 reviews. Life imitates art in The Lady in the Van, the story of the itinerant Miss Shepherd, who lived in a van in Alan Bennett's driveway from the early 1970s until her death in 1989.
Mar 18, 1999 · The Lady in the Van is about the playwright's divided life, for which all real experience is grist for the writerly mill. It's about living gay and closeted in suburbia (the suburbs of London) in an age when coming out could get you arrested.
- Alan Bennett
Nov 5, 2015 · The Lady in the Van - The Complete Edition. Alan Bennett, David Gentleman (Illustrator) 3.85. 236 ratings27 reviews. Adapted for the screen by the author from his celebrated memoir, Alan Bennett's The Lady in the Van, is directed by long-standing collaborator Nicholas Hytner.
Oct 29, 2015 · The Lady in the Van is about the playwright's divided life, for which all real experience is grist for the writerly mill. It's about living gay and closeted in suburbia (the suburbs of London) in an age when coming out could get you arrested.
- Alan Bennett
Jun 17, 2020 · 92 pages : 15 cm. Alan Bennet's most famous work of non-fiction. It is the history of Miss Shepherd, who in the 1970s lived in a Robin Reliant car opposite Bennett's house in Camden. After a series of attacks on her van, he suggested she move to his driveway.
May 7, 2015 · The Lady in the Van. New Ed Edition, Kindle Edition. by Alan Bennett (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 3.8 13,064 ratings. See all formats and editions. In 1974, the homeless Miss Shepherd moved her broken down van into Alan Bennett's garden.
- Alan Bennett
May 7, 2015 · In 1974, the homeless Miss Shepherd moved her broken down van into Alan Bennett's garden. Deeply eccentric and stubborn to her bones, Miss Shepherd was not an easy tenant. And Bennett,...
Feb 19, 2009 · Adapted by the author from his autobiographical memoir, The Lady in the Van tells the story of Miss Mary Shepherd, whom Alan Bennett first came across when she was living in the street...
Maggie Smith stars in this BBC radio adaptation of Alan Bennett's highly acclaimed autobiographical stage play. An eccentric old lady moves into a quiet street in Camden Town. There she remains, installed in her van in glorious self-sufficiency, until the council instructs her to move on.
In 1974, the homeless Miss Shepherd moved her broken down van into Alan Bennett's garden. Deeply eccentric and stubborn to her bones, Miss Shepherd was not an easy tenant. And Bennett, despite inviting her in the first place, was a reluctant landlord. And yet she lived there for fifteen years.
- Alan Bennett
