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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Bennett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Awards & recognition
- Bodley Medal · 2008
- Tony Award — Best Play · 2006
- Hawthornden Prize · 1989
- Ackerley Prize
- Critics' Circle Award — Distinguished Service to the Arts
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- Laurence Olivier Awards
- Society of London Theatre Special Award
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1995 · nominated
Filmography13 titles
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Family Guy
The Madness of King George
The Willows in Winter
Prick Up Your Ears
The History Boys
Dreamchild
A Private Function
The Lady in the Van
Little Dorrit
The Choral
An Englishman Abroad
In Love and War