Alan Bennett

Alan Bennett

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Born 1934-05-09 Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK 8 credit(s) Popularity 0.4
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 ...
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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.

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Remembers… poster
Remembers…
as Self
2022-06-29
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads poster
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
as Writer
2020-06-23
Meg and Mog poster
Meg and Mog
as Owl
2003-10-27
Screen One poster
Screen One
as Writer
1989-09-10
The South Bank Show poster
The South Bank Show
as Self
1978-01-14
BBC2 Play of the Week poster
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1977-09-21
Film '72 poster
Film '72
as Self
1971-11-16
ITV Saturday Night Theatre poster
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
as Osric
1969-01-11

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