Alan Bennett
English actor, author, playwright, and screenwriter · United Kingdom · Writers · Born 1934 · age 92
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Something wrong?Alan Bennett is an English playwright, author, actor and screenwriter. He has received numerous awards and honours including four BAFTA Awards, four Laurence Olivier Awards, and two Tony Awards. In 2005, he received the Society of London Theatre Special Award.
A life in dates
2008Bodley MedalAward2006Tony Award for Best PlayAward1989Hawthornden PrizeAward1934Born9 May 1934
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Bennett (second left, on top of the piano) in Beyond the Fringe on Broadway c. 1962. Also pictured are (left to right): Dudley Moore (seated at the piano), Peter Cook and Jonathan Miller.
A 2007 production of Bennett's The History Boys at The Doon School, India.
The headstone, in Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery, of Alan Bennett's Uncle Clarence, subject of a 1985 radio monologueAwards
About this person
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
living
Dates
Born 1934 · age 92
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