List of works by Alan Bennett

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Alan Bennett in London, 1973

Alan Bennett is an English playwright.

Having started at the Royal National Theatre, he became known for such works as Talking Heads , The Madness of King George , The History Boys , The Lady in the Van and The Habit of Art . The following plays were later adapted into films, The Madness of King George (1995), The History Boys (2005), and The Lady in the Van (2015).

Contents

Television

Theatre

Film

Radio

Books

Audio releases

  • Alan Bennett at the BBC (compilation)
  • Diaries 1980–1990
  • Diaries 1997–2004
  • Telling Tales
  • Hymn
  • The Lady in the Van
  • Alan and Thora
  • Untold Stories
  • Smut: Two Unseemly Stories: The Greening of Mrs Donaldson & The Shielding of Mrs Forbes
  • Written on the Body
  • A Common Assault
  • Beyond the Fringe
  • Alan Bennett's on the Margin
  • Forty Years On (1973 version)
  • Forty Years On (2003 version)
  • Kafka's Dick
  • An Englishman Abroad (1983 version)
  • An Englishman Abroad (2006 version)
  • A Question of Attribution
  • The Madness of King George III
  • The History Boys
  • The Lady in the Van (play)
  • A Woman of No Importance
  • The Clothes They Stood Up In
  • The Laying on of Hands
  • Father! Father! Burning Bright
  • Say Something Happened
  • A Visit From Miss Protheroe
  • Two in Torquay
  • The Uncommon Reader
  • Dear Philip, Dear Kingsley (with Robert Hardy)
  • Poetry in Motion
  • Winnie the Pooh (narrator)
  • The House at Pooh Corner (narrator)
  • A Party for Pooh (narrator)
  • The Wind in the Willows (narrator)
  • Peter Pan and Wendy (narrator)
  • The Story of Doctor Dolittle (narrator)
  • The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (narrator)
  • Doctor Dolittle's Garden (narrator)
  • The Owl and the Pussycat (narrator)
  • The Little Prince (narrator)
  • Animal Farm (narrator)
  • Alice in Wonderland and Through The Looking-Glass (narrator)

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