
Place of Birth:
Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Date of Birth:
5/9/1934
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.

In Love and War

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

Beyond the Fringe

Pleasure at Her Majesty's

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook

The Willows in Winter

The Wind in the Willows

Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War

Selling Hitler

Stewart Lee: Tornado

Books: The Last Chapter?

Intensive Care

Afternoon Off

Talking Heads

The Madness of King George

Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time

Little Dorrit

Alice in Wonderland

The Young Visiters

Dreamchild

The Native Hue of Resolution

Alan Bennett's Diaries

The Importance of Being Morrissey

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment

Being Alan Bennett

Every Home Should Have One

Long Shot

A Visit from Miss Prothero
Portrait or Bust

Dinner at Noon

Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics

The Lady in the Van

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Julie Walters and Friends
The Drinking Party

Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety

Alan Bennett: 90 Years On
Thora Hird Tribute
Innes Lloyd: The Producer