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The Writer in Disguise
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Published January 1, 1985
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Alan Bennett
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Alan Bennett is an English author and Tony Award-winning playwright. Bennett's first stage play, Forty Years On, 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 Winnie the Pooh stories are also widely enjoyed.
Alan Bennett is an English author and Tony Award-winning playwright. Bennett's first stage play, Forty Years On, 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 Winnie the Pooh stories are also widely enjoyed.
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January 9, 2023
It’s time for some more Alan Bennett! This book brings together the scripts to a few of his television plays, and it’s also supplemented by a couple of introductory essays and some diary entries that cover the production of the shows.
One of the most interesting things I took away from the introduction was the way that Bennett said that there’s no such thing as a good script or a bad script, because it all comes down to the way that the scripts are filmed and edited. With that said, I’d still argue that these are some pretty good scripts.
Bennett isn’t necessarily at his best here, but these are still some pretty good stories that are worth reading, and Bennett’s always good value if you’re looking for interesting tales with witty dialogue and some cracking introspection into the human condition, as well as the society that we live in and the expectations that are placed upon us.
Because these are scripts rather than more general prose, the shining star here is the dialogue, which Bennett has always excelled at. It was so good that it left me wanting to watch the adaptations.
All in all then, this is pretty much required reading for any Bennett fan, although it’s easy for me to say that because he’s one of the many authors where I want to read everything that he’s ever written.
One of the most interesting things I took away from the introduction was the way that Bennett said that there’s no such thing as a good script or a bad script, because it all comes down to the way that the scripts are filmed and edited. With that said, I’d still argue that these are some pretty good scripts.
Bennett isn’t necessarily at his best here, but these are still some pretty good stories that are worth reading, and Bennett’s always good value if you’re looking for interesting tales with witty dialogue and some cracking introspection into the human condition, as well as the society that we live in and the expectations that are placed upon us.
Because these are scripts rather than more general prose, the shining star here is the dialogue, which Bennett has always excelled at. It was so good that it left me wanting to watch the adaptations.
All in all then, this is pretty much required reading for any Bennett fan, although it’s easy for me to say that because he’s one of the many authors where I want to read everything that he’s ever written.
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