Writing Home
About this book
Already a bestseller, this is a wonderfully entertaining collection of Alan Bennett's prose writings.
Writing Home brings together diaries, reminiscences and reviews to give us a unique and unforgettable portrait of one of England's leading playwrights. As a memoir it covers the production of his very first play,
Forty Years On, which starred John Gieldgud. His television series 'Talking Heads' has become a modern-day classic; as part of the 1960s revue 'Beyond the Fringe' Bennett helped to kick-start the English satire revolution, and has since remained one of our leading dramatists, most recently with
The History Boys at the National Theatre.
At the heart of the book is
The Lady in The Van, since adapted into a radio play featuring Dame Maggie Smith. It is the true account of Miss Mary Shepherd, a homeless tramp who took up residence in Bennett's garden and stayed for fifteen years. This new edition also includes Bennett's introduction to his Oscar-nominated screenplay for
The Madness of King George and his more recent diaries.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Landing Page
- Title
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction: In a Manner of Speaking
- Past and Present
- The Lady in the Van
- Diaries 1980–1995
- Prefaces to Plays
- Filming and Rehearsing
- Books and Writers
- Stocking Fillers
- Acknowledgements
- Index
- Plates
- About the Author
- By the Same Author
- Copyright
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