Alan Bennett
Biography
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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Acting (37 movies)
In Love and War
1996
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
Beyond the Fringe
1964
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
1976
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
1995
The Willows in Winter
1996
The Wind in the Willows
1995
Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
2022
Selling Hitler
1993
Stewart Lee: Tornado
2022
Books: The Last Chapter?
2011
Intensive Care
1982
Afternoon Off
1979
Talking Heads
1988
The Madness of King George
1994
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
2013
Little Dorrit
1987
Alice in Wonderland
1966
The Young Visiters
2003
Dreamchild
1985
The Native Hue of Resolution
2013
Alan Bennett's Diaries
2016
The Importance of Being Morrissey
2003
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978
Being Alan Bennett
2009
Every Home Should Have One
1970
Long Shot
1978
A Visit from Miss Prothero
1978
Dinner at Noon
1988
Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics
1998
The Lady in the Van
2015
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
Julie Walters and Friends
1991
Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety
2017
Alan Bennett: 90 Years On
2024