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Alan Bennett

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Alan Bennett

Born May 9, 1934 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK38 films

Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English playwright, screenwriter and author. Born in Leeds, he attended Oxford University where he studied history and performed with The Oxford Revue. He stayed to teach and research medieval history at the university for several years. His collaboration as writer and performer with Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Peter Cook in the satirical revue Beyond the Fringe at the 1960 Edinburgh Festival brought him instant fame. He gave up academia, and turned to writing full time, his first stage play Forty Years On being produced in 1968.

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His output includes The Madness of George III and its film incarnation The Madness of King George, the series of monologues Talking Heads, the play The History Boys, and popular audio books, including his readings of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Winnie-the-Pooh.

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The Madness of King George posterFirst watchThe Madness of King George19946.8Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788. As the monarch alternates between bouts of confusion and near-violent outbursts of…View film

Essential films

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Filmography

38 films
  1. 2025The ChoralWriter
  2. 2023AllelujahWriter
  3. 2018National Theatre Live: The Madness of George IIIWriter
  4. 2018National Theatre Live: Allelujah!Writer
  5. 2015The Lady in the VanWriter
  6. 2013National Theatre Live: PeopleWriter
  7. 2010National Theatre Live: The Habit of ArtWriter
  8. 2006The History BoysScreenplay
  9. 1998Talking Heads 2Writer
  10. 1994The Madness of King GeorgeScreenplay
  11. 1994Portrait or BustWriter
  12. 1991Julie Walters and FriendsWriter
  13. 1991A Question of AttributionWriter
  14. 1991A Life in DeathWriters' Assistant
  15. 1990102 Boulevard HaussmannWriter
  16. 1988Dinner at NoonWriter
  17. 1988Talking HeadsWriter
  18. 1987Prick Up Your EarsScreenplay
  19. 1986The Insurance ManWriter
  20. 1984A Private FunctionStory
  21. 1983An Englishman AbroadWriter
  22. 1982Say Something HappenedWriter
  23. 1982MarksWriter
  24. 1982Rolling HomeWriter
  25. 1982A Woman of No Importance.Writer
  26. 1982Our WinnieWriter
  27. 1982Intensive CareWriter
  28. 1979All Day on the SandsWriter
  29. 1979One Fine DayWriter
  30. 1979Afternoon OffWriter
  31. 1979The Old CrowdWriter
  32. 1978Doris and DoreenWriter
  33. 1978Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia WoolfWriter
  34. 1978A Visit from Miss ProtheroWriter
  35. 1977A Little OutingWriter
  36. 1975Sunset Across the BayWriter
  37. 1972A Day OutWriter
  38. 1964Beyond the FringeWriter