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  1. Jan 1, 2001 · Life imitates art in The Lady in the Van, the story of the itinerant Miss Shepherd, who lived in a van in Alan Bennett's driveway from the early 1970s until her death in 1989.

  2. The film tells the true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who 'temporarily' parked her van in Bennett's London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years. Their unique story is funny, poignant and life-affirming.

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  3. The Lady in the Van is a 2015 British comedy-drama film directed by Nicholas Hytner, and starring Maggie Smith and Alex Jennings, based on the memoir of the same name created by Alan Bennett.

  4. Nov 5, 2015 · The Lady in the Van - The Complete Edition. Alan Bennett, David Gentleman (Illustrator) 3.85. 235 ratings26 reviews. Adapted for the screen by the author from his celebrated memoir, Alan Bennett's The Lady in the Van, is directed by long-standing collaborator Nicholas Hytner.

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  5. Mar 18, 1999 · The Lady in the Van is about the playwright's divided life, for which all real experience is grist for the writerly mill. It's about living gay and closeted in suburbia (the suburbs of London) in an age when coming out could get you arrested.

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  6. An eccentric old lady moves into a quiet street in Camden Town. There she remains, installed in her van in glorious self-sufficiency, until the council instructs her to move on. Then a kind homeowner invites her to move her van into his garden – where she stays for the next fifteen years.

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  8. May 7, 2015 · In 1974, the homeless Miss Shepherd moved her broken down van into Alan Bennett's garden. Deeply eccentric and stubborn to her bones, Miss Shepherd was not an easy tenant. And Bennett,...

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