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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
BirthdayMay 8, 1934 (90 years old)
Place of BirthLeeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Alan Bennett
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
In Love and War
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Beyond the Fringe
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
De Wind in de Wilgen
The Willows in Winter
Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
Selling Hitler
Stewart Lee: Tornado
Books: The Last Chapter?
Intensive Care
Afternoon Off
Talking Heads
The Madness of King George
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
Little Dorrit
Alice in Wonderland
The Young Visiters
Dreamchild
The Native Hue of Resolution
Alan Bennett's Diaries
The Importance of Being Morrissey
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
Being Alan Bennett
Every Home Should Have One
Long Shot
A Visit from Miss Prothero
Portrait or Bust
Dinner at Noon
Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics
The Lady in the Van
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Julie Walters and Friends
The Drinking Party
Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety
Alan Bennett: 90 Years On
The South Bank Show
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Hallmark Hall of Fame
On the Margin
Play for Today
Fortunes of War
The BBC Television Shakespeare
A Dance to the Music of Time
Talking Heads
Ashenden
Julie Walters and Friends
The Glass Box
Meg and Mog
The Abbey with Alan Bennett
Selling Hitler
Family Guy
Building Sights
The Madness of King George
The History Boys
The History Boys
A Private Function
A Private Function
A Day Out
Sunset Across the Bay
A Visit from Miss Prothero
An Englishman Abroad
The Insurance Man
Dinner at Noon
A Question of Attribution
The Madness of King George
Prick Up Your Ears
102 Boulevard Haussmann
The Old Crowd
National Theatre Live: People
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Talking Heads
Talking Heads 2
Allelujah
The Lady in the Van
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Doris and Doreen
All Day on the Sands
Afternoon Off
Intensive Care
A Life in Death
A Little Outing
Beyond the Fringe
Allelujah
Talking Heads
One Fine Day
Julie Walters and Friends
National Theatre Live: Allelujah!
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet
Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet
A Woman of No Importance.
Rolling Home
Our Winnie
Marks
Say Something Happened
Play for Today
Screen Two
Objects of Affection
Talking Heads
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Talking Heads
Telling Tales
Talking Heads
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Telling Tales