Already a bestseller, this is a wonderfully entertaining collection of Alan Bennett's prose writings. 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.
Already a bestseller, this is a wonderfully entertaining collection of Alan Bennett's prose writings. 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.
List of Illustrations Introduction: In a Manner of Speaking Past and Present The Treachery of Books Leeds Trams Not History at All . . . Uncle Clarence Dinner at Noon Russell Harty, 1934-1988 Innes Lloyd, 1925-1991 Peter Cook, 1937-1995 The Lady in the Van Postscript Diaries 1980-1995 Prefaces to Plays Forty Years On and Other Plays An Englishman Abroad The Wind in the Willows The King and I The Madness of King George Filming and Rehearsing Forty Years On A Day Out The Writer in Disguise The Insurance Man Books and Writers Gielgud's Achievements Cold Sweat Bad John Instead of a Present The Wrong Blond Kafka at Las Vegas Comfortable Words Alas! Deceived A. E. Housman, 1859-1936 Stocking Fillers Tit for Tatti The Pith and its Pitfalls Say Cheese, Virginia! Christmas in NW1 Going Around Acknowledgements Index
List of Illustrations Introduction: In a Manner of Speaking Past and Present The Treachery of Books Leeds Trams Not History at All . . . Uncle Clarence Dinner at Noon Russell Harty, 1934-1988 Innes Lloyd, 1925-1991 Peter Cook, 1937-1995 The Lady in the Van Postscript Diaries 1980-1995 Prefaces to Plays Forty Years On and Other Plays An Englishman Abroad The Wind in the Willows The King and I The Madness of King George Filming and Rehearsing Forty Years On A Day Out The Writer in Disguise The Insurance Man Books and Writers Gielgud's Achievements Cold Sweat Bad John Instead of a Present The Wrong Blond Kafka at Las Vegas Comfortable Words Alas! Deceived A. E. Housman, 1859-1936 Stocking Fillers Tit for Tatti The Pith and its Pitfalls Say Cheese, Virginia! Christmas in NW1 Going Around Acknowledgements Index
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Simply the funniest and most poignant thing I've read all year... only fools and madmen will pass up the chance to read it. Writing Home is a must.' Tatler
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