Untold Stories (93 page)
Authors: Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett first appeared on the stage in 1960 as one of the authors and performers of the revue
Beyond the Fringe
. His stage plays include
Forty Years
On, Getting On, Habeas Corpus, The Old Country and The Lady in the Van
, and he has written many television plays, notably
A Day Out, Sunset Across the Bay, A Woman of No Importance
and the series of monologues
Talking Heads
. An adaptation of his television play,
An Englishman Abroad
, was paired with
A Question of Attribution
in the double-bill
Single Spies
, first produced at the National Theatre in 1988. This was followed in 1990 by his adaptation of
The Wind in the Willows
and in 1991 by
The Madness of George III
.
His most recent play,
The History Boys
, won the
Evening Standard
and Critics' Circle awards for Best Play, The Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play, and The South Bank Award.
PLAYS ONE
(
Forty Years On
,
Getting On
,
Habeas Corpus
,
Enjoy
)
PLAYS TWO
(
Kafka's Dick, The Insurance Man
,
The Old Country
,
An Englishman Abroad
,
A Question of Attribution
)
THE LADY IN THE VAN
OFFICE SUITE
THE MADNESS OF GEORGE III
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
THE HISTORY BOYS
television plays
ME, I'M AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF
(
A Day Out
,
Sunset Across the Bay
,
A Visit from Miss Prothero
,
Me
,
I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
,
Green Forms
,
The Old Crowd
,
Afternoon Off
)
ROLLING HOME
(
One Fine Day
,
All Day on the Sands
,
Our Winnie
,
Rolling Home
,
Marks
,
Say Something Happened
,
Intensive Care
)
TALKING HEADS
screenplays
A PRIVATE FUNCTION
(
The Old Crowd
,
A Private Function
,
Prick Up Your Ears
,
102 Boulevard Haussmann
,
The Madness of King George
)
autobiography
THE LADY IN THE VAN
WRITING HOME
UNTOLD STORIES
fiction
THREE STORIES
(
The Laying on of Hands
,
The Clothes They Stood Up In
,
Father! Father! Burning Bright
)
First published in 2005 by
Faber and Faber Limited
Bloomsbury House
74â77 Great Russell Street
London
WC1B 3DA
and
Profile Books Ltd
3A Exmouth Market
Pine Street, Exmouth Market
London
ECIR
OJH
This ebook edition first published in 2008
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ISBN 978â0â571â24689â2 [epub edition]
