Alan Bennett: Plays

byAlan Bennett, John Gielgud (Read by), Patricia Routledge (Read by), Maggie Smith (Read by), Full Cast (Read by)

BBC Radio dramatisations

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12 full-cast BBC Radio productions of Alan Bennett’s beloved plays, starring Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, Judi Dench, John Gielgud, Alex Jennings, Patricia Routledge, Thora Hird, Prunella Scales and many more

Over the course of his distinguished career, Alan Bennett has received multiple awards and honours, including two BAFTAs, four Laurence Olivier Awards, two Tony Awards, an Academy Award nomination, and a British Book Award for Author of the Year in 2006.
This collection includes:

Forty Years On (tracks 1-4)
A Visit from Miss Prothero (track 5)
Say Something Happened (track 6)
Kafka's Dick (tracks 7-8)
Two in Torquay (track 9)
The Last of the Sun, with a special introduction by Alan Bennett (tracks 10-12)
The Madness of George III (track 13-
The History Boys (track 15-16)
An Englishman Abroad (track 17-18)
A Question of Attribution (track 18)
The Lady in the Van (track 19-20)
Cocktail Sticks (track 21)

About Alan Bennett

Alan Bennett is one of Britain's best-loved and most highly acclaimed writers. He has written widely for radio, television and theatre. His latest play, The History Boys, won several awards, including Evening Standard and Critics' Circle Awards for Best Play and the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play. It also won six Tony Awards, including Best Play, following an extremely successful transfer to Broadway. In 2006 Bennett was named Author of the Year at the British Book Awards for Untold Stories, his collection of memoirs and diaries.

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