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Writing Home
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CHF 9.00 |
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| Verlag: | Faber & Faber UK |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 04.09.2008 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9780571246878 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 656 |
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Beschreibungen
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.
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.
Alan Bennett has been one of our leading dramatists since
Beyond the Fringe in the 1960s. His television series
Talking Heads has become a modern-day classic.
The History Boys won numerous awards both at the National Theatre, London, and on Broadway. Also at the NT:
The Habit of Art,
People and
Cocktail Sticks. He received an Academy Award nomination for his screenplay for
The Madness of King George, and appeared with Dame Maggie Smith in a radio adaptation of his
The Lady in the Van.
His collection of prose
Untold Stories won the PEN/Ackerley Prize for autobiography. Fiction includes
The Uncommon Reader and
Smut: Two Unseemly Stories. His most recent publication is
Six Poets: Hardy to Larkin.
Beyond the Fringe in the 1960s. His television series
Talking Heads has become a modern-day classic.
The History Boys won numerous awards both at the National Theatre, London, and on Broadway. Also at the NT:
The Habit of Art,
People and
Cocktail Sticks. He received an Academy Award nomination for his screenplay for
The Madness of King George, and appeared with Dame Maggie Smith in a radio adaptation of his
The Lady in the Van.
His collection of prose
Untold Stories won the PEN/Ackerley Prize for autobiography. Fiction includes
The Uncommon Reader and
Smut: Two Unseemly Stories. His most recent publication is
Six Poets: Hardy to Larkin.
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