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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 monolog…
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Bennett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Alan Bennett's Filmography
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Innes Lloyd: The Producer
as Self
Alan Bennett: 90 Years On
Stewart Lee: Tornado
as Self
Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety
as Himself
Alan Bennett's Diaries
as Himself
The Lady in the Van
as Alan Bennett (2014)
The Native Hue of Resolution
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
as Mole (voice)
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Hector
No Poster
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
Books: The Last Chapter?
as Self
Being Alan Bennett
as Himself
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
as Self
The Young Visiters
as Narrator (voice)
The Importance of Being Morrissey
as Self
Thora Hird Tribute
as Self, Denis Midgley (archive footage, uncredited)
Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics
as (voice)
The Willows in Winter
as Mole
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
as Timmy Willie (voice)
In Love and War
as Porter
The Wind in the Willows
as Mole (voice)
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
as Self
The Madness of King George
as 2nd MP
No Poster
Portrait or Bust
as Himself
Selling Hitler
as Hugh Trevor-Roper
Julie Walters and Friends
Dinner at Noon
as Himself - Presenter
Talking Heads
Little Dorrit
as The Bishop
Dreamchild
as Mock Turtle (voice)
The Merry Wives of Windsor
as Justice Shallow
Intensive Care
as Denis Midgley
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
as Self - Various Roles
Afternoon Off
as Mr Petty
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
as Narrator (voice)
Long Shot
as Neville's Doctor
A Visit from Miss Prothero
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
as Self
Hamlet
as Osric
Every Home Should Have One
as Defence Solicitor
Alice in Wonderland
as Mouse
No Poster
The Drinking Party
as Eryximachus
Beyond the Fringe
as Various Characters