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May 7, 2015 · Alan Bennett has been one of England's leading dramatists since the success of Beyond the Fringe in the 1960s. His work includes the Talking Heads television series, and the stage plays Forty Years On, The Lady in the Van, A Question of Attribution, and The Madness of King George III.
Parents need to know that The Lady in the Van is an adaptation of English playwright/author/actor Alan Bennett's diary, memoir, and play about his unusual friendship with Mary Shepherd, an elderly homeless woman who convinced him to let her park her ramshackle van in his London driveway ... for 15 years.
Great reviews of The Lady in the Van Alan Bennett has turned his funny, rueful diary about the eccentric Miss Shepherd, who lived in a van in his drive for 15 years, into a funny, rueful play. The play contrasts the duties of life and the demands of art, and, although the writing is often richly comic, this is also sad and thought-provoking.
Sep 10, 2002 · In “The Lady in the Van,” which The Village Voice called “one of the finest bursts of comic writing the twentieth century has produced,” Bennett recounts the strange life of Miss Shepherd, a London eccentric who parked her van (overstuffed with decades’ worth of old clothes, oozing batteries, and kitchen utensils still in their original packaging) in the author’s driveway for more ...
Jul 1, 1990 · Buy The Lady in the Van First Edition by Bennett, Alan (ISBN: 9781873092002) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
The book, anyway, was an okay read although it left me a little cold. In contrast I had to "leave the room" after watching the film and have a little lie down. The immense power in the film was, to me, the comparison between Bennett's own ailing mother (who longed to live with him) and the Lady in the Van (who, kind-of, did, for a decade and a ...
Dec 12, 2015 · A new film, The Lady in the Van, tells Shepherd's story. It was adapted from Bennett's memoir and play about his guest, and it stars Alex Jennings as Bennett and Maggie Smith as Shepherd.
