Alan Bennett is master of many genres, his short stories, plays, diaries, readings of children's stories and poetry have all been bestsellers. This non-fiction...
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Alan Bennett sealed his reputation as the master of observation with this series of 12 monologues, originally filmed for BBC Television. "Talking Heads"...
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This is an extended short story, filled with the usual Alan Bennett humour. It is semi-autobiographical in detail, and is being transmitted on the Radio...
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Much has been written about Manfred von Richthofen's last flight and combat on the morning of 21st April 1918, and much controversy remains to this day....
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Alan Bennett reads a selection of verse from some of the nation's finest poets including Thomas Hardy, John Betjemen and Philip Larkin, He also makes observations...
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A quirky, wry and ironic tale. The Ransomes have been burgled; everything has gone, even the lavatory paper. For the stuffy solicitor and his downtrodden...
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A series of prose pieces about Bennett's early experiences of music. His
memories have been set to music by the celebrated film composer, George Fenton,...
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Features three Alan Bennett adaptations, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4. This title includes: "A Visit from Miss Prothero"; "Say Something Happened"; and,...
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This version of Alan Bennett's popular stage play, starring Sir John Gielgud, Alan Bennett and Paul Eddington, is paired with one of his famous monologues...
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The contains the first series of six"Talking Heads"monologues, written for BBC television in 1987, as well as the second series written in 1998. There...
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Characterized by the author's understatement, observation and knowing irony, these six Alan Bennett monologues were written for the second BBC1 series...
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Presents two Alan Bennett plays, originally performed at the National Theatre and adapted for BBC Radio 4. This title includes "An Englishman Abroad",...
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Introduces three monologues - "The Last of the Sun", "A Cream Cracker Under the Settee", and "Waiting for the Telegram - starring Thora Hird, including...
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The complete original script of"Beyond the Fringe"is accompanied by the music of Dudley Moore's songs, the texts of a number of the sketches included in...
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Presenting a collection of reminiscences, the author recalls his early years in a sequence of tales. He features snapshots, which include portraits of...
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Alan Bennett's short story, published in the "London Review of Books" in May 2001, and then by "Profile Books" in September, is read here by the author....
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Presents an anthology of Alan Bennett's radio and television work featuring extracts from his diaries and readings, tributes to friends Russell Harty and...
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Kafka aficionado Sydney, and his wife Linda, are visited by the long-dead Kafka and his friend Max Brod. Kafka's wish is for anonymity and he also has...
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Written by the author of "Writing Home", this book presents his family memoir recalling the marriage of his parents, the lives and deaths of his aunts,...
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