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Alan Bennett
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.
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As actor
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
Alan Bennett: 90 Years On
Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
Stewart Lee: Tornado
Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety
Alan Bennett's Diaries
The Lady in the Van
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
The Native Hue of Resolution
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
The Importance of Being Morrissey
Thora Hird Tribute
Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics
In Love and War
The Willows in Winter
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
The Wind in the Willows
The Madness of King George
Portrait or Bust
Selling Hitler
Julie Walters and Friends
Talking Heads
Dinner at Noon
Little Dorrit