Alan Bennett
Writing
- Born:
- 1934-05-09
- Place of birth:
- Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Biography
Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English playwright, screenwriter and author. Born in Leeds, he attended Oxford University where he studied history and performed with The Oxford Revue. He stayed to teach and research medieval history at the university for several years. His collaboration as writer and performer with Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Peter Cook in the satirical revue Beyond the Fringe at the 1960 Edinburgh Festival brought him instant fame. He gave up academia, and turned to writing full time, his first stage play Forty Years On being produced in 1968. His output includes The Madness of George III and its film incarnation The Madness of King George, the series of monologues Talking Heads, the play The History Boys, and popular audio books, including his readings of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Winnie-the-Pooh. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Bennett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
Alan Bennett: 90 Years On
Stewart Lee: Tornado
Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
Remembers…
Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety
Alan Bennett's Diaries
The Lady in the Van
The Native Hue of Resolution
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
Books: The Last Chapter?
Being Alan Bennett
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
The Young Visiters
Meg and Mog
The Importance of Being Morrissey
Thora Hird Tribute
Family Guy
Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics
A Dance to the Music of Time
The Willows in Winter
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
In Love and War
The Abbey with Alan Bennett
The Wind in the Willows
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
The Madness of King George
Portrait or Bust
Selling Hitler
Julie Walters and Friends
Julie Walters and Friends
Ashenden
Building Sights
Dinner at Noon
Talking Heads
Talking Heads
Little Dorrit
Fortunes of War
Breaking Up
Dreamchild
The Glass Box
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Intensive Care
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Afternoon Off
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Long Shot
The South Bank Show
A Visit from Miss Prothero
BBC2 Play of the Week
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Film '72
Hamlet
Play for Today
Every Home Should Have One
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Omnibus
Alice in Wonderland
On the Margin
The Drinking Party
Beyond the Fringe
Tempo
Hallmark Hall of Fame