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List of works by Alan Bennett

Alan Bennett is an English playwright.

Alan Bennett in London, 1973

Having started at the Royal National Theatre, he became known for such works as Talking Heads, The Madness of King George, The History Boys, The Lady in the Van and The Habit of Art. The following plays were later adapted into films, The Madness of King George (1995), The History Boys (2005), and The Lady in the Van (2015).

Television

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Theatre

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Film

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Radio

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  • The Great Jowett, 1980
  • Dragon, 1982
  • Uncle Clarence (writer, narrator), 1985
  • Better Halves (narrator), 1988
  • Winnie-the-Pooh (narrator), 1983, 1984
  • Forty Years On (writer), 2000[4]
  • The Lady in the Van (writer, narrator), 2009
  • Denmark Hill, 2014 (from unproduced 1982 screenplay)[5]

Books

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  • Beyond the Fringe (with Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, and Dudley Moore). London: Souvenir Press, 1962, and New York: Random House, 1963
  • Forty Years On, London: Faber, 1969
  • Getting On, London: Faber, 1972
  • Habeas Corpus, London: Faber, 1973
  • The Old Country, London: Faber, 1978
  • Enjoy, London: Faber, 1980
  • Office Suite, London: Faber, 1981
  • Objects of Affection, London: BBC Publications, 1982
  • A Private Function, London: Faber, 1984
  • Forty Years On; Getting On; Habeas Corpus, London: Faber, 1985
  • The Writer in Disguise, London: Faber, 1985
  • Prick Up Your Ears: The Film Screenplay, London: Faber, 1987
  • Two Kafka Plays, London: Faber, 1987
  • Talking Heads, London: BBC Publications, 1988; New York: Summit, 1990
  • Single Spies, London: Faber, 1989
  • The Lady in the Van (essay in the London Review of Books), 1989
  • The Lady in the Van (book), 1990
  • Single Spies and Talking Heads, New York: Summit, 1990
  • Poetry in Motion, (with others). 1990
  • The Wind in the Willows, London: Faber, 1991
  • Forty Years on and Other Plays, London: Faber, 1991
  • The Madness of George III, London: Faber, 1992
  • Poetry in Motion 2 (with others) 1992
  • Writing Home (memoir & essays) London: Faber, 1994
  • The Madness of King George (screenplay), 1995
  • Father! Father! Burning Bright (prose version of 1982 TV script, Intensive Care), 1999
  • The Laying on of Hands (stories), 2000
  • The Clothes They Stood Up In (novella), 2001
  • Untold Stories (memoir & essays), London, 2005, ISBN 0-571-22830-5
  • The Uncommon Reader (novella), London, 2007
  • A Life Like Other People's (memoir), London, 2009
  • Smut: Two Unseemly Stories (stories), London, 2011
  • Six Poets: Hardy to Larkin: An Anthology, London: Faber, 2015
  • Keeping on Keeping On (memoir & essays), London, 2016[6]
  • The Shielding of Mrs Forbes, London: Faber, 2019 (part of Faber Stories series)

Audio releases

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  • Alan Bennett at the BBC (compilation)
  • Diaries 1980–1990
  • Diaries 1997–2004
  • Telling Tales
  • Hymn
  • The Lady in the Van
  • Alan and Thora
  • Untold Stories
  • Smut: Two Unseemly Stories: The Greening of Mrs Donaldson & The Shielding of Mrs Forbes
  • Written on the Body
  • A Common Assault
  • Beyond the Fringe
  • Alan Bennett's on the Margin
  • Forty Years On (1973 version)
  • Forty Years On (2003 version)
  • Kafka's Dick
  • An Englishman Abroad (1983 version)
  • An Englishman Abroad (2006 version)
  • A Question of Attribution
  • The Madness of King George III
  • The History Boys
  • The Lady in the Van (play)
  • A Woman of No Importance
  • The Clothes They Stood Up In
  • The Laying on of Hands
  • Father! Father! Burning Bright
  • Say Something Happened
  • A Visit From Miss Protheroe
  • Two in Torquay
  • The Uncommon Reader
  • Dear Philip, Dear Kingsley (with Robert Hardy)
  • Poetry in Motion
  • Winnie the Pooh (narrator)
  • The House at Pooh Corner (narrator)
  • A Party for Pooh (narrator)
  • The Wind in the Willows (narrator)
  • Peter Pan and Wendy (narrator)
  • The Story of Doctor Dolittle (narrator)
  • The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (narrator)
  • Doctor Dolittle's Garden (narrator)
  • The Owl and the Pussycat (narrator)
  • The Little Prince (narrator)
  • Animal Farm (narrator)
  • Alice in Wonderland and Through The Looking-Glass (narrator)

References

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  1. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Bennett, Alan (1934-) Credits". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  2. ^ "LAW Films". www.leedsanimation.org.uk. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  3. ^ Clark, Graeme. "Every Home Should Have One (1970) - Review". The Spinning Image.
  4. ^ "Alan Bennett Forty Years on". BBC. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Alan Bennett contemporary Hamlet 'Denmark Hill' heading for Radio 4". Radio Times. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  6. ^ Bennett, Alan (11 December 2018). "Nicholas Delbancio in The New York Journal of Books". New York Journal of Books. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
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