Backing into the Limelight: The Biography of Alan Bennett

by Alexander Games (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2001

  $3.25

  Alan Bennett is one of Britain's most successful and popular living writers. He is also one of the last survivors of a generation of rule-breakers and radicals that first found its voice with Beyond the Fringe in 1961. Since then, he has gone on to huge success with his plays ( Kafka's Dick , and An Englishman Abroad ), films ( A Private Function , Prick Up Your Ears , and The Madness of King George ), monologues ( Talking Heads ) and diaries ( Writing Home , and The Lady in the Van ). In this book, the author examines the life of this intriguing, private man and sheds light on his work.

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  Paperback
  2002

  $3.25

  Alan Bennett is one of Britain's most successful and popular living writers. He is also one of the last survivors of a generation of rule-breakers and radicals that first found its voice with Beyond the Fringe in 1961. Since then, he has gone on to huge success with his plays ( Kafka's Dick , An Englishman Abroad ), films ( A Private Function , Prick Up Your Ears , The Madness of King George ), monologues ( Talking Heads ) and diaries ( Writing Home , The Lady in the Van ). In Backing into the Limelight , Alex Games examines the life of this intriguing, private man and sheds new light on his work.