Untold Stories

by Bennett, Alan

• ISBN13: 9780312426620
• ISBN10: 0312426623
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-03-20
• Publisher: Picador

Summary

From the Author of The History Boys, winner of six Tony Awards, among many others, comes Untold Stories, a memoir, including diary excerpts and essays, covering subjects as diverse as Bennett's mother's depression to his recollections of fellow actors Dudley Moore and Peter Cook. This funny and moving sequel to Writing Home is an eloquent "masterpiece" (The Daily Telegraph, London) that was awarded numerous English prizes and dominated the bestseller lists. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Alan Bennett has been one of England's leading dramatists since the success of Beyond the Fringe in the 1960s. His most recent play, The History Boys, won six Tony awards including Best Play, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, four Outer Critics Circle Awards, and the Drama League Award. He is the author of The Complete Talking Heads, Writing Home, and The Laying on of Hands, all available in Picador paperback.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xv
Untold Stories	p. 1
Written on the Body	p. 127
Seeing Stars	p. 157
The Ginnel	p. 174
Diaries 1996-2004	p. 177
Theatre and Plays	p. 365
The Lady in the Van	p. 367
The National Theatre	p. 383
The History Boys	p. 388
Radio and TV	p. 407
Hymn	p. 409
Cheeky Chappies	p. 416
The Last of the Sun	p. 423
Thora Hird	p. 436
Lindsay Anderson	p. 441
Art, Architecture and Authors	p. 451
Going to the Pictures	p. 453
Spoiled for Choice	p. 477
Portrait or Bust	p. 494
Making York Minster	p. 515
County Arcade, Leeds	p. 520
A Room of My Own	p. 524
Denton Welch	p. 532
England Gone: Philip Larkin	p. 538
Staring out of the Window	p. 543
Ups and Downs	p. 555
A Common Assault	p. 557
Arise, Sir...	p. 578
An Average Rock Bun	p. 596
Acknowledgements	p. 629
Index	p. 632
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