Alan Bennett: Keeping on Keeping on

Bennett, Alan

£13.25

Alan Bennett reads the latest instalment of his diaries, as heard on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Book of the Week’. Following on from his bestselling, award-winning prose collections ‘Writing Home’ and ‘Untold Stories’, ‘Keeping On Keeping On’ is a third anthology featuring his unique observations, recollections and reminiscences. At its heart is his latest published collection of diaries. In these entries, covering the years 2005 to 2014, Bennett looks back on a packed decade that included writing four highly-acclaimed plays – ‘The Habit of Art’, ‘People’, ‘Hymn’ and ‘Cocktail Sticks’, all of which premiered at the National Theatre – as well as the screenplays for the hit films of ‘The History Boys’ and ‘The Lady in the Van’.

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Publish Date: 24/11/2016
ISBN: 9781785297014 Tags: ,

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Alan Bennett reads the latest instalment of his diaries, as heard on BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week.

Following on from Alan Bennett’s bestselling, award-winning prose collections Writing Home and Untold Stories, Keeping On Keeping On is a third anthology featuring his unique observations, recollections and reminiscences. At its heart is his latest published collection of diaries.

In these entries, covering the years 2005 to 2014, Bennett looks back on a packed decade that included writing four highly-acclaimed plays – The Habit of Art, People, Hymn and Cocktail Sticks, all of which premiered at the National Theatre – as well as the screenplays for the hit films of The History Boys and The Lady in the Van.

In addition, he reflects on his 25 years of friendship and collaboration with director Nicholas Hytner, life with his partner Rupert Thomas and, radical views notwithstanding, his status as ‘kindly, cosy and essentially harmless’.

Packed with perceptive impressions of people and places, sharp social commentary, expressive description and delightful jokes, this irresistible record of life according to Alan Bennett is a treasury of wisdom and insight.

Duration: 2 hours 20 mins approx.

Additional information

Weight 108 g
Dimensions 142 × 125 × 11 mm
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English

Edition

Abridged

Dewey

822.914 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K