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This outstanding four-disc box set contains much of Bennett's finest work, ranging in settings from Morecambe to Moscow and is testimony to his acute ear, sharp eye and generous mind and his belief in the old Yorkshire adage that "there's nowt so queer as folk". The dozen items include the first of his Talking Heads series , and dramatic portraits ...

Comedy legend Peter Cook may have had an affair with socialite and former US first lady Jackie Kennedy, the star's pal and former colleague Alan Bennett has claimed.

This week's celebration of the work of playwright and author Alan Bennett is a treat.

MY MUM once tried to buy an Alan Bennett book in a major bookselling chain, but had temporarily forgotten his name.

By Simon Neville When you're a national treasure with a career spanning almost 50 years, it's understandable how a 10-minute skit might have slipped from memory.

Nigel Hawthorne gives an inspired, funny and deeply moving performance in the title role of this celebrated, Oscar-winning film of Alan Bennett's play The Madness of George III .

ALTHOUGH writer Karl Minns would doubtless blanch at the comparison, it was hard to banish the spectre of Alan Bennett's peerless Talking Heads while watching Mouth to Mouth, a new series of monologues set in modern-day Britain.

Alan Bennett's new play The Habit of Art has opened to rave reviews at the National Theatre.

Alan Bennett is that peculiarly British thing, a writer who is both barbed and beloved, contrary and cuddly.

"Berkhamsted is a very comfortable place for me to be. Every now and then I get a strange look or a questioning 'what are you doing here?' Those are rare nowadays, I suppose people are used to me being around." For actor Adrian Scarborough appearing on stage and on television in popular plays, dramas and sitcoms is not about being famous or making ...

Kenneth Grahame's collection of bedtime tales about the adventures of four animal friends lose none of their timeless charm in Alan Bennett's adaptation of The Wind in the Willows , originally made for the National Theatre.

THE work of two of Englanda s finest wits will feature in a mix of musical sketches, short plays and monologues to be performed at a charity event in Shipston.

The new Broadway-aimed musical comedy Robin and the 7 Hoods, directed by Casey Nicholaw and based on the film of the same name, will get its world premiere in July 2010 at The Old Globe in San Diego.

AUDIO CD REVIEW: Alan Bennett's On The Margin, BBC Audio Books, A 5.95. A fairly-minor footnote in comedy history is dusted down for a new BBC Audio Books release which mildly amuses without ever quite having you in stitches.

Paperbacks That Was Satire That Was by Humphrey Carpenter That Was Satire That Was by Humphrey Carpenter The Sixties satire boom is well-ploughed terrain, but Carpenter tells the interlinked stories of Beyond the Fringe, TW3 and Private Eye with his customary energy and readability.

Arden Theatre Company kicks off its 2009/10 season with the Philadelphia premiere of The History Boys, Alan Bennett's international hit that explores the anarchy of adolescence and the purpose of education.

WRITER Alan Bennett is often referred to as a a oenational treasurea for his prosaic gift for insightful writing about the human spirit, at the same time managing to infuse gentle humour into a multitude of situations.

WRITER Alan Bennett is often referred to as a a oenational treasurea for his prosaic gift for insightful writing about the human spirit, at the same time managing to infuse gentle humour into a multitude of situations.

Lockwood , center, acts as a wounded soldier comforted by Akthar , left, Posner and Timms in "The History Boys." Meretricious or disingenuous -- which quality would you choose in a teacher? These are the lofty labels presented in Alan Bennett's "The History Boys," winner of the 2006 Tony award for best drama, now in a lively revival at Pittsburgh ...

Lockwood , center, acts as a wounded soldier comforted by Akthar , left, Posner and Timms in "The History Boys." Meretricious or disingenuous -- which quality would you choose in a teacher? These are the lofty labels presented in Alan Bennett's "The History Boys," winner of the 2006 Tony award for best drama, now in a lively revival at Pittsburgh ...