Alan Bennett (1) (1934–)

Autor(a) de The Uncommon Reader

Para outros autores com o nome Alan Bennett, ver a página de desambiguação.

145+ Works 15,229 Membros 817 Críticas 56 Favorited

About the Author

Bennett was born in Armley in Leeds, West Yorkshire. He decided to apply for a scholarship at Oxford University. He was accepted by Exeter College, Oxford from which he graduated with a first-class degree in history. He was born on May 9, 1934; he is an English author, actor, humorist and mostrar mais playwright. Bennett was made an Honorary Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford in 1987. He was also awarded a D.Litt by the University of Leeds in 1990 and an Hon. PhD from Kingston in 1996. In October 2008 Bennett announced that he was donating his entire archive of working papers, unpublished manuscripts, diaries and books to the Bodleian Library free of charge, as a gesture of thanks and repaying a debt he felt he owed to the UK's social welfare system that had given him educational opportunities which his humble family background would otherwise never have afforded. In 2015 his title, Six Poets: Hardy to Larkin: An Anthology by Alan Bennett, made The New Zealand Best Seller List. He also made the list in 2016 with his title The Lady in the Van. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

Image credit: Courtesy of Allen and Unwin

Obras por Alan Bennett

Popular Recente

The Uncommon Reader (2006) — Autor — 5,653 exemplares

Untold Stories (2005) 1,171 exemplares

Writing Home (1994) 1,096 exemplares

The History Boys: A Play (2004) 856 exemplares

The Clothes They Stood Up In (1996) 723 exemplares

Smut: two unseemly stories (2011) 572 exemplares

The Clothes They Stood Up In and The Lady in the Van (1994) 456 exemplares

The Lady in the Van [prose] (1989) 450 exemplares

Talking Heads (1988) 436 exemplares

A Life Like Other People's (2009) — Autor — 265 exemplares

The Complete Talking Heads (1998) 250 exemplares

The Laying On of Hands {novella} (2001) 243 exemplares

Keeping On Keeping On (2017) 232 exemplares

The Madness of George III (1992) — Autor — 220 exemplares

Four Stories (2005) 151 exemplares

The Laying On of Hands: Stories (2002) — Autor — 142 exemplares

The History Boys [2006 film] (2006) — Screenwriter; Original story — 129 exemplares

Telling Tales (2000) 122 exemplares

Lady in the Van (1989) 118 exemplares

The History Boys: The Film (2006) 108 exemplares

Six Poets: Hardy to Larkin: An Anthology by Alan Bennett (2014) 97 exemplares

The Habit of Art (2010) 97 exemplares

The Complete Beyond the Fringe (1987) 91 exemplares

Talking Heads 2 (1998) 85 exemplares

Three Stories: "Father! Father! Burning Bright", "The Clothes They Stood Up in", "The Laying on of Hands" (2003) — Autor — 81 exemplares

House Arrest (2022) 73 exemplares

Beyond the Fringe (1962) 65 exemplares

Father! Father! Burning Bright (2000) 61 exemplares

Forty Years on (1969) 60 exemplares

The Lady in the Van and Three Stories (1999) 60 exemplares

Single Spies and Talking Heads (1988) 56 exemplares

Alan Bennett Plays One: Forty Years On, Getting On, Habeas Corpus and Enjoy (Faber Contemporary Classics) (1991) 52 exemplares

Alan Bennett: Plays 2 : Kafka's Dick, the Insurance Man, the Old Country, an Englishman Abroad, a Question of… (1998) 48 exemplares

Untold Stories : Part 3 : Written on the Body (2006) 40 exemplares

The Lady in the Van: And Other Stories (2015) 39 exemplares

Prick Up Your Ears [1987 film] (1987) — Screenwriter — 37 exemplares

The Wind in the Willows: Play (1991) 36 exemplares

Single Spies (1989) 32 exemplares

People (2012) 32 exemplares

The Shielding of Mrs Forbes: Faber Stories (2019) 31 exemplares

Two Kafka Plays: Kafka's Dick and the Insurance Man (1987) 30 exemplares

Una visita guidata (2005) 29 exemplares

Habeas Corpus (1973) 28 exemplares

Prick Up Your Ears: The Screenplay (1987) 26 exemplares

A Private Function (1984) 25 exemplares

Me, I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1980) 22 exemplares

Rolling Home (2003) 22 exemplares

Alan Bennett at the BBC (2009) 20 exemplares

Forty Years on: AND A Woman of No Importance (Radio Collection) (1988) 18 exemplares

Diaries, 1980-90 (BBC Radio Collection) (1994) 17 exemplares

A Private Function [1984 film] (1985) — Screenwriter — 16 exemplares

An Englishman Abroad [BBC Radio Collection] (2001) 16 exemplares

The History Boys (BBC Audio) (2006) 16 exemplares

Two Besides: A Pair of Talking Heads (2020) 16 exemplares

Ein Kräcker unterm Kanapee (1998) 15 exemplares

Kafka’s Dick [radio play] (2004) 14 exemplares

Single Spies [radio adaptation] (2006) 14 exemplares

A Box of Alan Bennett: Clothes They Stood Up in WITH The Lady in the Van AND Father! Father! Burning Bright (2000) 13 exemplares

Hymn and Cocktail Sticks (2012) 13 exemplares

Objects of Affection and Other Plays for Television (1982) 12 exemplares

The Writer in Disguise (1985) 11 exemplares

Alan Bennett: Plays: BBC Radio dramatisations (2016) 11 exemplares

The Lady in the Van (BBC Radio Collection) (2001) 10 exemplares

Beyond The Fringe [1964 TV movie] (1964) — Screenwriter — 10 exemplares

The Old Country (1711) 10 exemplares

Enjoy (1980) 9 exemplares

Untold Stories, Part 2: The Diaries (Pt. 2) (2005) 9 exemplares

La mise à nu des époux Ransome, suivi de "Jeux de paumes" (2003) 9 exemplares

Allelujah! (2018) 8 exemplares

Kafka's Dick (Acting Edition) (1987) 7 exemplares

Poetry in Motion (1990) 7 exemplares

Bed Among the Lentils (Acting Edition) (2016) 7 exemplares

L'imbarazzo della scelta (2009) 7 exemplares

A Woman of No Importance (1994) 7 exemplares

Getting on (1972) 6 exemplares

A Visit from Miss Prothero (A Play) (1981) 6 exemplares

Alan Bennett: Stories: Read by Alan Bennett (2016) 5 exemplares

Talking Heads - The Complete Collection [DVD] 5 exemplares

Green Forms (Acting Edition) (1981) 5 exemplares

Der souveräne Leser (Salto) (2020) 5 exemplares

Untold Stories Part One: Stories (Pt. 1) (2005) 5 exemplares

Alan Bennett's 'On the Margin' (BBC Audio) (2009) 5 exemplares

Alan Bennett, Triple Bill (2007) 5 exemplares

Hymn (BBC Radio Collection) (2002) 4 exemplares

Say Something Happened (1996) 4 exemplares

Office suite : two one-act plays (1981) 4 exemplares

Two in Torquay 4 exemplares

Vatertage: Beziehungsgeschichten (2007) 4 exemplares

Alan Bennett geht ins Museum (2017) 4 exemplares

Her Big Chance: A Monologue from Talking Heads (Acting Edition) (1998) 4 exemplares

Alan Bennett: Three Plays (2006) 3 exemplares

Kafka's dick: A comedy (1990) 3 exemplares

Patricia Routledge in Three Portraits (A Woman of No Importance / A Lady of Letters / Miss Fozzars Finds Her Feet) (2004) — Autor — 3 exemplares

A Question of Attribution 3 exemplares

Six Plays By Alan Bennett: The Complete Series [DVD] — Playwright — 3 exemplares

Alan Bennett: The habit of art [theatre programme] 3 exemplares

Moulins à paroles: monologues (1999) 2 exemplares

Diary 2018 selections 2 exemplares

Diary 2019 2 exemplares

A Lady of Letters - A monologue from Talking Heads (1994) 2 exemplares

Cocktail Sticks (2015) 2 exemplares

Poetry in motion 2 (1992) 2 exemplares

The Last of the Sun 2 exemplares

Diary 2017 selections 2 exemplares

Indecències (2013) 2 exemplares

Alan Bennett: Untold Stories Part 4: A Common Assault 2 exemplares

Soldiering On (1995) 2 exemplares

The lady in the van : the screenplay (2015) 2 exemplares

The Insurance Man 2 exemplares

A Chip in the Sugar (1994) 2 exemplares

Drammi e monologhi (1996) 2 exemplares

Alan Bennett: The History Boys [theatre programme] 2 exemplares

Alan and Thora (BBC Radio Collection: Fiction and Drama) (2004) 2 exemplares

Writing Home & Untold Stories (2007) 1 exemplar

Beyond The Fringe (Playbill) [Vol 1 No 16] 1 exemplar

Alan Bennett Reads his own Diaries - 1980-1990 - BBC Radio Collection (1994) 1 exemplar

York Notes on 'talking Heads' (1996) 1 exemplar

Afternoon Off (in The Writer in Disguise) 1 exemplar

The Old Crowd (in The Writer in Disguise) 1 exemplar

All Day on the Sands (in The Writer in Disguise) 1 exemplar

One Fine Day (in The Writer in Disguise) 1 exemplar

Alan Bennett : Allelujah! [programme] (2018) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar

An Englishman Abroad [1983 TV movie] (1991) — Screenwriter — 1 exemplar

The Book of Comedy Sketches (BENNETT) 1 exemplar

Handauflegen. 2 CDs (2005) 1 exemplar

Bennett Alan 1 exemplar

Intensive Care and Other T.V.Plays (Longman imprint books) (1989) 1 exemplar

Getting On: A BBC Radio 4 Drama (2018) 1 exemplar

Hymn [theatre programme] 1 exemplar

Alan Bennett: Double Bill (2007) 1 exemplar

Alan Bennett Box Set: Forty Years On; Habeas Corpus; Kafka's Dick; The Madness of George III; The Lady In The Van;… (2014) 1 exemplar

Single Spies, Alan Bennett at the National Theatre 1 exemplar

The history boys (performance of Nov. 2007) 1 exemplar

Single Spies [theatre programme] 1 exemplar

Quattro storie inglesi (Opere di Alan Bennett Vol. 16) (2017) 1 exemplar

The History Boys [Dramatization] 1 exemplar

The History Boys: Broadhurst Theatre New York (April 23 - October 1, 2006) Playbill 1 exemplar

Cocktail Sticks [theatre programme] 1 exemplar

People [theatre programme] 1 exemplar

Alan Bennett Reads Childhood Classics: The Wind in the Willows; Alice in Wonderland; Through the Looking Glass;… (2017) 1 exemplar

The Outside Dog (Video) 1 exemplar

The Adventures of Mouse and Mole: Volume 2 (2009) 1 exemplar

The Adventures of Mouse and Mole: Volume 1 (2009) 1 exemplar

The Lady in the Van/My Uncle Clarence 1 exemplar

Talking Heads: Das Hörbuch zum Englisch lernen mit ausgewählten Kurzgeschichten (2010) 1 exemplar

Work Explorer

Associated Works

The Wind in the Willows (1908) — Introdução, algumas edições — 22,944 exemplares

Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) — Narrador, algumas edições — 13,018 exemplares

The Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarists (2000) — Contribuidor, algumas edições — 544 exemplares

The Library Book (2012) — Contribuidor — 384 exemplares

The Secret Life of Cows (2003) — Prefácio, algumas edições — 251 exemplares

The Madness of King George [1994 film] (1994) — Original play — 92 exemplares

In Love and War [1996 film] (1997) — Actor — 48 exemplares

Fortunes of War [1987 TV mini series] (2005) — Actor — 34 exemplares

Alice in Wonderland [1966 TV movie] (1966) — Actor — 28 exemplares

The Wind in the Willows [1995 animated film] (1995) — Voice — 19 exemplares

The Utterly Utterly Definitive and Pretty Damn Amusing Comic Relief Revue Book (1989) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares

The Merry Wives of Windsor (BBC TV Shakespeare Collection) 10 exemplares

Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass [Abridged] BBC Radio Version (1997) — Narrador, algumas edições — 9 exemplares

The Owl and the Pussy-Cat and Other Nonsense Rhymes (2002) — Narrador — 8 exemplares

Dear Philip, Dear Kingsley: Starring Alan Bennett & Robert Hardy (BBC Radio Collection) (2002) — Actor — 6 exemplares

The Tale of Two Bad Mice & Johnny Town-Mouse [1995 TV episode] (1995) — Actor — 4 exemplares

Screen Two: 102 Boulevard Haussmann (1991) 1 exemplar

Etiquetado

a ler (1,195) Amizade (175) animais (768) Arte e cultura clássicas (823) Autobiografia (260) Biografia (268) Britânico (472) children's classics (217) clássico (899) contos (240) crianças (903) Diário (250) Drama (276) encadernado (187) Fantasia (1,001) Ficção (4,345) ficção para crianças (375) Folio Society (252) Humor (699) ilustrado (258) Inglaterra (528) Inglês (236) Juvenile (218) lido (502) Literatura (621) literatura britânica (298) Literatura infantojuvenil (927) Literatura inglesa (284) livro para crianças (369) livros sobre livros (236) Memórias (264) Novela (193) Não ficção (221) para crianças (1,622) peças (182) Reading (283) Romance (433) Século XX (263) Ursinho Puff (432) wtp-foreign language (219)

Tradução de etiquetas em curso

Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico: Bennett, Alan
Data de nascimento: 1934-05-09
Sexo: male
Nacionalidade: Groot-Brittannië
Local de nascimento: Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Locais de residência: London, England, UK
Leeds, England, UK
Camden Town, London, England, UK
Educação: Oxford University (Exeter College ∙ BA ∙ 1957 ∙ First class degree in History)
Joint Services School for Linguists
Leeds Modern School
Ocupações: acteur
Relações: Thomas, Rupert (partner)
Prémios e menções honrosas: British Book Award (Author of the Year, 2006)
British Book Award (Lifetime Achievement Award, 2003)
Society of London Theatre Special Award (2005)

Membros

Críticas

The uncommon reader por Alan Bennett

Wonderful short romp about the Queen messing up her court by ....gasp....READING!
Sweet and funny and so believable and the ending comes as a little tickle under the chin. Read it!

Assinalado

Dabble58 | 562 outras críticas | Nov 11, 2023 |

The Lady in the Van por Alan Bennett

Very funny true book about the dignity afforded an elderly citizen by Alan Bennett and his neighbours. Wonderfully written.

Assinalado

secondhandrose | 16 outras críticas | Oct 31, 2023 |

The Uncommon Reader: A Novella por Alan Bennett

This was a delightful read, a fictional account of Queen Elizabeth of England and what happens when she discovers the joys of reading. With some laugh-out-loud funny observations and quips, this novella was a quick read with a helluva a zinger at the very end that made me go "Ha!" because I never saw it coming.

Assinalado

niaomiya | 562 outras críticas | Sep 16, 2023 |

La Sovrana Lettrice por Alan Bennett

Mi viene da iniziare questa recensione dicendo che La sovrana lettrice è un libriccino molto british: fa ridere con eleganza, ma colpisce dritto al punto, senza fare sconti.

Il tema attorno al quale si sviluppa è questo: Elisabetta II, regina del Regno Unito, scopre le gioie e i dolori della lettura. Le gioie non sto certo a dirvele qui: suppongo che, se state leggendo questa recensione, le conosciate anche voi.

I dolori, invece, sono in parte contingenti al fatto di essere una regina. Possiamo aver vissuto il dramma di non trovare nessuno da rintronare a forza di chiacchiere sulle nostre letture, ma di certo non dobbiamo fronteggiare uno staff poco incline a incoraggiare la nostra passione. Soprattutto se questa va ad intaccare il presunto ordine naturale delle cose...

Alan Bennett è molto abile a tessere una storia incredibile in maniera credibile. Seguendo il filo delle sue parole, è facile immaginarsi la regina Elisabetta alle prese con libri, sudditi non iniziati alla lettura e camerieri personali fatti sparire. Il che è tutto dire.… (mais)

Assinalado

lasiepedimore | 562 outras críticas | Sep 13, 2023 |

See More Reviews