Alan Bennett
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.
Known for
WritingBirthday
May 9, 1934Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
73Place of birth
Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UKCast credits
In Love and War
PorterRemember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
SelfBeyond the Fringe
Various CharactersThe Willows in Winter
MoleThe Wind in the Willows
MolePleasure at Her Majesty's
HimselfThe Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Himself - Various RolesAfternoon Off
Mr PettyTalking Heads
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
Mole (voice)The Madness of King George
2nd MPAlice in Wonderland
MouseDreamchild
Mock Turtle (voice)The Young Visiters
Narrator (voice)The Native Hue of Resolution
Alan Bennett's Diaries
HimselfThe Importance of Being Morrissey
HimselfNational Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
HectorMe! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Narrator (voice)Crew credits
The Madness of King George
Screenplay, Theatre PlayThe History Boys
Screenplay, AuthorA Private Function
Screenplay, StorySunset Across the Bay
WriterDinner at Noon
WriterA Visit from Miss Prothero
WriterThe Insurance Man
WriterAn Englishman Abroad
WriterA Question of Attribution
Writer102 Boulevard Haussmann
WriterNational Theatre Live: People
WriterNational Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
WriterTalking Heads
Writer, DirectorTalking Heads 2
WriterThe Lady in the Van
WriterMe! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Writer