Alan Bennett
(1934-), PlaywrightSitter in 25 portraits
Dramatist, author and actor; from Beyond the Fringe (Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh, 1960), he progressed to notable successes on stage, screen and radio. Among the highlights are the plays A Question of Attribution (1988), The Madness of George III (1991, adapted for screen 1995) and the television plays, Talking Heads (1988), as well as The Lady in the Van and an autobiography Telling Tales (both 2000). He has also memorably recorded A. A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh stories for radio.
Watch Paul Merton talking about Alan Bennett in the Media section below
Alan Bennett and the cast of 'The History Boys'
by Derry Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda
bromide fibre print, 2004
NPG x126978
by Cecil Beaton
pencil, late 1960s-early 1970s
NPG D17947(109)
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