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Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
May 9, 1934 (91 years old)
Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Alan Bennett
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.
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Known For
Acting
Stewart Lee: Tornado
2022
The Lady in the Van
2015
Family Guy
1999
The Willows in Winter
1996
In Love and War
1996
The Wind in the Willows
1995
The Madness of King George
1994
Little Dorrit
1987
Fortunes of War
1987
Dreamchild
1985
Every Home Should Have One
1970
Alice in Wonderland
1966
