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Four devilishly clever comedians were responsible for this madhouse of hilarity in both London and New York: Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller and Dudley Moore. Their skits include one about an impassioned preacher whose emotion carries him so far from the text that he cant find his way back. Theres a delicious spoof on Shakespeare in beautifully faked speech, and a couple of panel scenes, in one, three experts on nuclear war clobber t...

The Social Services Department of the council is preparing a register of the elderly in the area and eager but green June Potter (recently transferred from Transport) is despatched to gather information while obtaining some hands-on experience. Mam and Dad are in their sixties and therefore must be in need of registering - but Mam and Dad, perfectly ' alert', able-bodied and streetwise, have no intention of being registered. ~Thrown by Mam's n...

Alan Bennett reads the latest published instalment of his diaries, as included in his new book, "Keeping On Keeping On". Unabridged. 2 CDs. Run time: 2hrs 20mins.

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Come with Max as he takes off on his next exciting science adventure, this time joining astronauts on the first human mission to Mars. Equipped with a specially designed spacesuit, Max sniffs for signs of microscopic life. Will he find any? Read the exciting story to find out, and to learn how his trip to Mars helps his young friend Tori reflect on the beauty and fragility of our own planet Earth. This is more than just a fun story. Educationa...

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Writers like to elude their public, lead them a bit of a dance. In this personal anthology, the author has chosen over seventy poems by six well-loved poets, discussing the writers and their verse in his customary conversational style through anecdote, shrewd appraisal and spare but telling biographical detail.

A Question of Attribution is set in 1956, when Sir Anthony Blunt - pillar of the Establishment and respected Knight of the Realm - is working as Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures.

FATHER! FATHER! BURNING BRIGHT, the savage satire on a dying man's family reaction as he still asserts control over them from the hospital bed. THE CLOTHES THEY STOOD UP IN, the painful story of what happens to an elderly couple when their flat is stripped completely bare. THE LAYING ON OF HANDS, a memorial service for a masseur to the famous that goes horribly wrong. THE LADY IN THE VAN, the true story of the eccentric old lady and her van wh...

Here, at last, is the astonishing sequel to Alan Bennett's classic WRITING HOME. This paperback edition of UNTOLD STORIES contains new unpublished diaries, as well as a poignant memoir of his family and of growing up in Leeds, together with his much celebrated diary for the years 1996-2004, and numerous other exceptional essays, reviews and comic pieces. Since the success of Beyond the Fringe in the 1960s, Alan Bennett has delighted audiences ...

Brand new audio novella that will be broadcast on Radio 4 during September. Sales of "Untold Stories: Part 1" have exceeded 54, 000 and this will be simultaneously published with the book from "Profile". 2 CDs with over 2 hours of material read by Alan Bennett.

3 Alan Bennett plays feature on this CD. They are: "Say Something Happened, Two In Torquay" and "A Visit From Miss Prothero".

Alan Bennett's A LIFE LIKE OTHER PEOPLE'S is a poignant family memoir offering a portrait of his parents' marriage and recalling his Leeds childhood, Christmases with Grandma, and the lives, loves and deaths of his unforgettable aunties. Bennett's powerful account of his mother's descent into depression and later dementia comes hand in hand with the uncovering of a long-held tragic secret. A heartrending and at times irresistibly funny work of...

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Benjamin Britten, sailing uncomfortably close to the wind with his new opera, Death in Venice, seeks advice from his former collaborator and friend, W. H. Auden. During this imagined meeting, their first in twenty-five years, they are observed and interrupted by, among others, their future biographer and a young man from the local bus station. Alan Bennett's new play is as much about the theater as it is about poetry or music. It looks at the ...

Alan Bennett's award-winning series of solo pieces is a classic of contemporary drama, universally hailed for its combination of razor-sharp wit and deeply felt humanity. In "Bed Among the Lentils, " a vicar's wife discovers a semblance of happiness with an Indian shop owner. In "A Chip in the Sugar, " a man's life begins to unravel when he discovers his aging mother has rekindled an old flame. In "A Lady of Letters, " a busybody pays a price ...

Bringing together the hilarious, revealing, and lucidly intelligent writing of one of England's best known literary figures, "Writing Home" includes the journalism, book and theater reviews, and diaries of Alan Bennett, as well as "The Lady in the Van, " his unforgettable account of Miss Shepherd, a London eccentric who lived in a van in Bennett's garden for more than twenty years. This revised and updated edition includes new material from th...

Sie sind wieder da, die skurrilen britischen Gestalten des Alan Bennett! Diesmal weiß der Meister der bitterbösen Satire zu berichten von einer geldgierigen Antiquitätenhändlerin, die sich einen echten Michelangelo durch die Lappen gehen lässt, einem Parkwächter mit dunkler Vergangenheit, einer Dame mittleren Alters, die in der Fußmassage ihre Erfüllung findet und dabei einen Fetischisten glücklich macht, einem zwielichtigen Schlachter, der nu...