The Madness of George III

The Madness of George III

by Alan Bennett (Author)

Synopsis

If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. Alan Bennett's wonderful play has finally arrived in the West End . . . and there are many moments that cut at the heart like a knife. We think of Bennett as a great comic writer, and so he is, but he can also be the most moving of dramatists. Daily Telegraph

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 144
Edition: Main
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 01 May 2014

ISBN 10: 0571316751
ISBN 13: 9780571316755
Book Overview: Gorgeously repackaged edition of Alan Bennett's much-loved play The Madness of George III, published to coincide with his eightieth birthday.

Author Bio
ALAN BENNETT has been one of our leading dramatists since the success of Beyond the Fringe in the 1960s. His television series Talking Heads has become a modern-day classic, as have many of his works for stage including Forty Years On, The Lady in the Van, A Question of Attribution, The Madness of George III (together with the Oscar-nominated screenplay The Madness of King George), and The History Boys. His collection of prose, Untold Stories, won the PEN/Ackerley Prize for autobiography, 2006. The Uncommon Reader was published in 2007 and Smut was published in 2011.