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- Charlotte Higgins
Dec 21, 2022 · Alan Bennett’s 2022 diary, published in the London Review of Books, records the 88-year-old playwright contemplating old age, feeling bored by Covid precautions, chronicling an ever-changing ...
The History Boys Quotes Showing 1-25 of 25. “The best moments in reading are when you come across something – a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things – which you had thought special and particular to you. Now here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead.
Dec 27, 2022 · Alan Bennett reads his 2022 diary (with some extra bits), in which he buys his dad a violin, goes to Venice with a goat, and tries to make the queen laugh.Li...
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- London Review of Books (LRB)
Sep 27, 2023 · The Lady in the Van is undoubtedly one of Bennett’s finest plays and proved to be one of his greatest films. The story of The Lady in the Van was inspired by the woman who lived at the end of Alan Bennett’s driveway, in a van, for 15 years. He didn’t know her in friendship terms, yet knew her familiar peculiarities.
A welcome revival that makes good use of its talent, Alan Bennett's Talking Heads is a moving collection of stories that ring particularly true in turbulent times. Read Critics Reviews. TOP CRITIC ...
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