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  <name><![CDATA[Alan Bennett]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Alan Bennett is an English author and Tony Award-winning playwright.  Bennett's first stage play, &lt;i&gt;Forty Years On&lt;/i&gt;, was produced in 1968. Many television, stage and radio plays followed, along with screenplays, short stories, novellas, a large body of non-fictional prose and broadcasting, and many appearances as an actor. Bennett's lugubrious yet expressive voice (which still bears a slight Leeds accent) and the sharp humour and evident humanity of his writing have made his readings of his own work (especially his autobiographical writing) very popular. His readings of the &lt;i&gt;Winnie the Pooh&lt;/i&gt; stories are also widely enjoyed.]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>Leeds, Yorkshire</hometown>  <born_at>05/09/1934</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Uncommon Reader: A Novella]]></title>
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  <average_rating>3.81</average_rating>
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  <published>2007</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The History Boys: A Play]]></title>
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  <published>2004</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Clothes They Stood Up In and The Lady in the Van (Today Show Book Club #5)]]></title>
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  <published>2002</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Clothes They Stood Up In]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Alan Bennett]]></name>
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  <published>1997</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Untold Stories]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Alan Bennett]]></name>
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  <published>2001</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Writing Home]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Alan Bennett]]></name>
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  <published>1995</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Complete Talking Heads]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Alan Bennett]]></name>
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  <published>1998</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Talking Heads]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Alan Bennett]]></name>
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  <published>1988</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Wind in the Willows]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Alan Bennett]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Kenneth Grahame]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.12</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>34</ratings_count>
  <published>1991</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Laying On of Hands: Stories]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Alan Bennett]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.84</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>32</ratings_count>
  <published>2001</published>  
  
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