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href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bennett" title="Alan Bennett – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Alan Bennett" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AA" title="الن بنت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="الن بنت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bennett" title="Alan Bennett – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Alan Bennett" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%A8%EB%9F%B0_%EB%B2%A0%EB%84%B7" title="앨런 베넷 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="앨런 베넷" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bennett" title="Alan Bennett – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Alan Bennett" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9F_%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%98" title="אלן בנט – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אלן בנט" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Alan Bennett</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Alan_Bennett_22_Allan_Warren.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Alan_Bennett_22_Allan_Warren.jpg/220px-Alan_Bennett_22_Allan_Warren.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="301" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Alan_Bennett_22_Allan_Warren.jpg/330px-Alan_Bennett_22_Allan_Warren.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Alan_Bennett_22_Allan_Warren.jpg/440px-Alan_Bennett_22_Allan_Warren.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6510" data-file-height="8904" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Bennett in 1973; photographed by <a href="/wiki/Allan_Warren" title="Allan Warren">Allan Warren</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1934-05-09</span>) </span>9 May 1934<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 90)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Armley" title="Armley">Armley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leeds" title="Leeds">Leeds</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yorkshire" title="Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a>, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Exeter_College,_Oxford" title="Exeter College, Oxford">Exeter College, Oxford</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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He has received numerous <a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Alan_Bennett" title="List of awards and nominations received by Alan Bennett">awards and honours</a> including two <a href="/wiki/BAFTA_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="BAFTA Awards">BAFTA Awards</a>, four <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier_Awards" title="Laurence Olivier Awards">Laurence Olivier Awards</a>, and two <a href="/wiki/Tony_Awards" title="Tony Awards">Tony Awards</a>. In 2005 he received the <a href="/wiki/Society_of_London_Theatre_Special_Award" title="Society of London Theatre Special Award">Society of London Theatre Special Award</a>. </p><p>Bennett was born in <a href="/wiki/Leeds" title="Leeds">Leeds</a> and attended <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">Oxford University</a>. He taught <a href="/wiki/Medieval_history" class="mw-redirect" title="Medieval history">medieval history</a> at the university for several years. His work in the satirical revue <i><a href="/wiki/Beyond_the_Fringe" title="Beyond the Fringe">Beyond the Fringe</a></i> at the 1960 <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Edinburgh Festival">Edinburgh Festival</a> brought him instant fame and later a <a href="/wiki/Special_Tony_Award" title="Special Tony Award">Special Tony Award</a>. He turned to writing full time and gained acclaim with his plays at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_National_Theatre" title="Royal National Theatre">Royal National Theatre</a>. The following plays were adapted into films: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Madness_of_King_George" title="The Madness of King George">The Madness of King George</a></i> (1994), <i><a href="/wiki/The_History_Boys_(film)" title="The History Boys (film)">The History Boys</a></i> (2005), and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lady_in_the_Van" title="The Lady in the Van">The Lady in the Van</a></i> (2015). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Bennett&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bennett was born on 9 May 1934 in <a href="/wiki/Armley" title="Armley">Armley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leeds" title="Leeds">Leeds</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire" title="West Riding of Yorkshire">West Riding of Yorkshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LRB_article_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LRB_article-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The younger son of a <a href="/wiki/The_Co-operative_Group" title="The Co-operative Group">Co-op</a> butcher, Walter, and his wife, Lilian Mary (née Peel), Bennett attended Christ Church, Upper Armley, Church of England School (in the same class as <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Taylor_Bradford" title="Barbara Taylor Bradford">Barbara Taylor Bradford</a>), and then <a href="/wiki/Leeds_Modern_School" title="Leeds Modern School">Leeds Modern School</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Lawnswood_School" title="Lawnswood School">Lawnswood School</a>). He has an older brother.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bennett learned <a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Services_School_for_Linguists" title="Joint Services School for Linguists">Joint Services School for Linguists</a> during his <a href="/wiki/Conscription_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Conscription in the United Kingdom">national service</a> before applying for a <a href="/wiki/Scholarship_level" title="Scholarship level">scholarship</a> at Oxford University. He was accepted by <a href="/wiki/Exeter_College,_Oxford" title="Exeter College, Oxford">Exeter College, Oxford</a>, and graduated with a <a href="/wiki/British_degree_classification" class="mw-redirect" title="British degree classification">first-class</a> degree in history. While at Oxford he performed comedy with a number of eventually successful actors in the <a href="/wiki/The_Oxford_Revue" title="The Oxford Revue">Oxford Revue</a>. He remained at the university for several years, working as a junior lecturer of <a href="/wiki/Medieval_History" class="mw-redirect" title="Medieval History">Medieval History</a> at <a href="/wiki/Magdalen_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Magdalen College">Magdalen College</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before deciding, in 1960, that he was not suited to being an academic. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Bennett&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Beyond_the_Fringe_original_cast.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Beyond_the_Fringe_original_cast.JPG/220px-Beyond_the_Fringe_original_cast.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="274" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Beyond_the_Fringe_original_cast.JPG/330px-Beyond_the_Fringe_original_cast.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Beyond_the_Fringe_original_cast.JPG/440px-Beyond_the_Fringe_original_cast.JPG 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="1120" /></a><figcaption>Bennett (second left) in <i>Beyond the Fringe</i> on Broadway <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1962</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career">Early career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Bennett&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In August 1960, Bennett – along with <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Moore" title="Dudley Moore">Dudley Moore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Miller" title="Jonathan Miller">Jonathan Miller</a> and <a href="/wiki/Peter_Cook" title="Peter Cook">Peter Cook</a> – gained fame after an appearance at the <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Edinburgh Festival">Edinburgh Festival</a> in the satirical revue <i><a href="/wiki/Beyond_the_Fringe" title="Beyond the Fringe">Beyond the Fringe</a></i>, with the show continuing in London and New York. He also appeared in <i><a href="/wiki/My_Father_Knew_Lloyd_George_(TV_programme)" title="My Father Knew Lloyd George (TV programme)">My Father Knew Lloyd George</a></i>. His television comedy sketch series <i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Margin" title="On the Margin">On the Margin</a></i> (1966) was erased; the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> re-used expensive videotape rather than keep it in the archives. However, in 2014 it was announced that audio copies of the entire series had been found.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bennett's first stage play, <i><a href="/wiki/Forty_Years_On_(play)" title="Forty Years On (play)">Forty Years On</a>,</i> directed by <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Garland" title="Patrick Garland">Patrick Garland</a> and starring <a href="/wiki/John_Gielgud" title="John Gielgud">John Gielgud</a>, was produced in 1968. His second play, <i><a href="/wiki/Getting_On_(play)" title="Getting On (play)">Getting On</a></i>, also directed by Garland and starring <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_More" title="Kenneth More">Kenneth More</a>, opened in 1971. Many television, stage and radio plays followed, with screenplays, short stories, novellas, a large body of non-fictional prose, and broadcasting and many appearances as an actor. </p><p>Despite a long history with both the <a href="/wiki/Royal_National_Theatre" title="Royal National Theatre">National Theatre</a> and the BBC, Bennett never writes on commission, saying "I don't work on commission, I just do it on spec. If people don't want it then it's too bad."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bennett's many works for television include his first play for the medium, <i>A Day Out</i> in 1972, <i>A Little Outing</i> in 1977, <i>Intensive Care</i> in 1982, <i>An Englishman Abroad</i> in 1983, and <i><a href="/wiki/A_Question_of_Attribution" title="A Question of Attribution">A Question of Attribution</a></i> in 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-screenonline_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-screenonline-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But perhaps his most famous screen work is the 1988 <i><a href="/wiki/Talking_Heads_(British_TV_series)" title="Talking Heads (British TV series)">Talking Heads</a></i> series of monologues for television which were later performed at the <a href="/wiki/Comedy_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Comedy Theatre">Comedy Theatre</a> in London in 1992. A second set of six <i>Talking Heads</i> followed a decade later. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980s">1980s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Bennett&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bennett wrote the play <i><a href="/wiki/Enjoy_(play)" title="Enjoy (play)">Enjoy</a></i> in 1980. It barely scraped a run of seven weeks at the <a href="/wiki/Vaudeville_Theatre" title="Vaudeville Theatre">Vaudeville Theatre</a>, in spite of the stellar cast of <a href="/wiki/Joan_Plowright" title="Joan Plowright">Joan Plowright</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colin_Blakely" title="Colin Blakely">Colin Blakely</a>, <a href="/wiki/Susan_Littler" title="Susan Littler">Susan Littler</a>, Philip Sayer, <a href="/wiki/Liz_Smith_(actress)" title="Liz Smith (actress)">Liz Smith</a> (who replaced <a href="/wiki/Joan_Hickson" title="Joan Hickson">Joan Hickson</a> during rehearsals) and, in his first West End role, <a href="/wiki/Marc_Sinden" title="Marc Sinden">Marc Sinden</a>. It was directed by <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Eyre" title="Ronald Eyre">Ronald Eyre</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A new production of <i>Enjoy</i> attracted very favourable notices during its 2008 UK tour<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and moved to the West End of London in January 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The West End show took more than £1 million in advance ticket sales<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and even extended the run to cope with demand.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The production starred <a href="/wiki/Alison_Steadman" title="Alison Steadman">Alison Steadman</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Troughton" title="David Troughton">David Troughton</a>, Richard Glaves, Carol Macready and <a href="/wiki/Josie_Walker" title="Josie Walker">Josie Walker</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s">1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Bennett&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bennett wrote <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lady_in_the_Van" title="The Lady in the Van">The Lady in the Van</a></i> based on his experiences with an eccentric woman called <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Fairchild" title="Margaret Fairchild">Miss Shepherd</a>, who lived on Bennett's driveway in a series of dilapidated vans for more than fifteen years. It was first published in 1989 as an essay in the <i><a href="/wiki/London_Review_of_Books" title="London Review of Books">London Review of Books</a></i>. In 1990 he published it in book form. In 1999 he adapted it into a stage play, which starred <a href="/wiki/Maggie_Smith" title="Maggie Smith">Maggie Smith</a> and was directed by <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Hytner" title="Nicholas Hytner">Nicholas Hytner</a>. The stage play includes two characters named Alan Bennett. On 21 February 2009 it was broadcast as a radio play on BBC Radio 4, with Maggie Smith reprising her role and Alan Bennett playing himself. He adapted the story again for a 2015 film, with Maggie Smith reprising her role again, and Nicholas Hytner directing again. In the film <a href="/wiki/Alex_Jennings" title="Alex Jennings">Alex Jennings</a> plays the two versions of Bennett, although Alan Bennett appears in a cameo at the very end of the film. </p><p>Bennett adapted his 1991 play <i><a href="/wiki/The_Madness_of_George_III" title="The Madness of George III">The Madness of George III</a></i> for the cinema. Entitled <i><a href="/wiki/The_Madness_of_King_George" title="The Madness of King George">The Madness of King George</a></i> (1994), the film received four <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Award</a> nominations: for Bennett's writing and the performances of <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Hawthorne" title="Nigel Hawthorne">Nigel Hawthorne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Helen_Mirren" title="Helen Mirren">Helen Mirren</a>. It won the award for best art direction. </p><p>In 1995 Bennett wrote and hosted the three-part BBC documentary series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Abbey_(1995_TV_series)" title="The Abbey (1995 TV series)">The Abbey</a></i>, directed by Jonathan Stedall. The programme provides a personal tribute to, and tour of, <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Abbey" title="Westminster Abbey">Westminster Abbey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="21st_century">21st century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Bennett&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 21st century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_History_Boys_at_The_Doon_School.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/The_History_Boys_at_The_Doon_School.jpg/250px-The_History_Boys_at_The_Doon_School.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/The_History_Boys_at_The_Doon_School.jpg/375px-The_History_Boys_at_The_Doon_School.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/The_History_Boys_at_The_Doon_School.jpg/500px-The_History_Boys_at_The_Doon_School.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2940" data-file-height="2063" /></a><figcaption>A 2007 production of Bennett's <i>The History Boys</i> at <a href="/wiki/The_Doon_School" title="The Doon School">The Doon School</a>, India.</figcaption></figure> <p>Bennett's critically acclaimed <i><a href="/wiki/The_History_Boys" title="The History Boys">The History Boys</a></i> won three <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Laurence Olivier Award">Laurence Olivier Awards</a> in 2005, for Best New Play, Best Actor (<a href="/wiki/Richard_Griffiths" title="Richard Griffiths">Richard Griffiths</a>), and Best Direction (<a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Hytner" title="Nicholas Hytner">Nicholas Hytner</a>), having previously won <a href="/wiki/Critics%27_Circle_Theatre_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Critics' Circle Theatre Awards">Critics' Circle Theatre Awards</a> and <a href="/wiki/Evening_Standard_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Evening Standard Awards">Evening Standard Awards</a> for Best Actor and Best Play. Bennett also received the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Theatre.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The History Boys</i> won six <a href="/wiki/Tony_Awards" title="Tony Awards">Tony Awards</a> on Broadway, including best play, best performance by a leading actor in a play (Richard Griffiths), best performance by a featured actress in a play (<a href="/wiki/Frances_de_la_Tour" title="Frances de la Tour">Frances de la Tour</a>) and best direction of a play (Nicholas Hytner). A film version of <i><a href="/wiki/The_History_Boys_(film)" title="The History Boys (film)">The History Boys</a></i> was released in the UK in October 2006. In his 2005 prose collection <i>Untold Stories</i>, Bennett wrote of the mental illness that his mother and other family members suffered. </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/Royal_National_Theatre" title="Royal National Theatre">National Theatre</a> in late 2009 <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Hytner" title="Nicholas Hytner">Nicholas Hytner</a> directed Bennett's play <i><a href="/wiki/The_Habit_of_Art" title="The Habit of Art">The Habit of Art</a></i>, about the relationship between the poet <a href="/wiki/W._H._Auden" title="W. H. Auden">W. H. Auden</a> and the composer <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Britten" title="Benjamin Britten">Benjamin Britten</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bennett's play <i><a href="/wiki/People_(play)" title="People (play)">People</a></i> opened at the National Theatre in October 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December that year, <i><a href="/wiki/Cocktail_Sticks" title="Cocktail Sticks">Cocktail Sticks</a></i>, an autobiographical play by Bennett, premièred at the National Theatre as part of a double bill with the monologue <i>Hymn</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The production was directed by Bennett's long-term collaborator Nicholas Hytner. It was well-received, and transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Duchess_Theatre" title="Duchess Theatre">Duchess Theatre</a> in the <a href="/wiki/West_End_of_London" title="West End of London">West End of London</a>, being subsequently adapted for radio broadcast by <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2018, <i><a href="/wiki/Allelujah!" title="Allelujah!">Allelujah!</a></i>, a comic drama by Bennett about a <a href="/wiki/National_Health_Service" title="National Health Service">National Health Service</a> hospital threatened with closure, opened at London's <a href="/wiki/Bridge_Theatre" title="Bridge Theatre">Bridge Theatre</a> to critical acclaim.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Bennett&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:World-war-one-gravestone-clarence-peel.redvers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/World-war-one-gravestone-clarence-peel.redvers.jpg/150px-World-war-one-gravestone-clarence-peel.redvers.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/World-war-one-gravestone-clarence-peel.redvers.jpg/225px-World-war-one-gravestone-clarence-peel.redvers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/World-war-one-gravestone-clarence-peel.redvers.jpg/300px-World-war-one-gravestone-clarence-peel.redvers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1360" data-file-height="2028" /></a><figcaption>The headstone, in <a href="/wiki/Larch_Wood_(Railway_Cutting)_Commonwealth_War_Graves_Commission_Cemetery" class="mw-redirect" title="Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery">Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) cemetery</a>, of Alan Bennett's Uncle Clarence, subject of a 1985 radio monologue</figcaption></figure> <p>Bennett lived for 40 years on <a href="/wiki/Gloucester_Crescent,_Camden" title="Gloucester Crescent, Camden">Gloucester Crescent</a> in <a href="/wiki/Camden_Town" title="Camden Town">Camden Town</a>, London, and in 2006 moved a few minutes' walk away to <a href="/wiki/Primrose_Hill" title="Primrose Hill">Primrose Hill</a> with his partner Rupert Thomas, the former editor of <i><a href="/wiki/The_World_of_Interiors" title="The World of Interiors">The World of Interiors</a></i> magazine.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bennett also had a long-term relationship with his former housekeeper, Anne Davies, until her death in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-Billy_Kenber_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Billy_Kenber-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bennett is an <a href="/wiki/Agnostic" class="mw-redirect" title="Agnostic">agnostic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was raised <a href="/wiki/Anglican" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican">Anglican</a> and gradually "left it [the church] over the years".<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1988, Bennett declined the award of <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">Commander of the Order of the British Empire</a> (CBE) and in 1996 declined a <a href="/wiki/Knighthood" class="mw-redirect" title="Knighthood">knighthood</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2005, Bennett revealed that, in 1997, he had undergone treatment for <a href="/wiki/Colorectal_cancer" title="Colorectal cancer">colorectal cancer</a> and described the illness as a "bore". His chances of survival were given as being "much less" than 50 per cent and surgeons had told him they removed a "rock-bun" sized tumour.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He began <i>Untold Stories</i> (published 2005) thinking it would be published posthumously, but his cancer went into remission. </p><p>In the autobiographical sketches which form a large part of the book Bennett says of himself "I am homosexual", but also mentions "flings" with women. Previously Bennett had referred to questions about his sexuality as like asking a man who has just crawled across the <a href="/wiki/Sahara" title="Sahara">Sahara</a> desert to choose between <a href="/wiki/Perrier" title="Perrier">Perrier</a> or <a href="/wiki/Malvern,_Worcestershire" title="Malvern, Worcestershire">Malvern</a> mineral water.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2008, Bennett announced that he was donating his entire archive of working papers, unpublished manuscripts, diaries and books to the <a href="/wiki/Bodleian_Library" title="Bodleian Library">Bodleian Library</a>, stating that it was a gesture of thanks repaying a debt he felt he owed to the <a href="/wiki/Welfare_state_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Welfare state in the United Kingdom">British welfare state</a> that had given him educational opportunities which his humble family background would otherwise never have afforded.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2015, Bennett endorsed <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn" title="Jeremy Corbyn">Jeremy Corbyn</a>'s campaign in the <a href="/wiki/2015_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="2015 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">Labour Party leadership election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-heraldscotland_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heraldscotland-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following month, after Corbyn's election victory, Bennett said: "I approve of him. If only because it brings Labour back to what they ought to be thinking about."<sup id="cite_ref-theguardian_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theguardian-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the death of <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Miller" title="Jonathan Miller">Jonathan Miller</a> in 2019, Bennett became the only surviving member of the original <i>Beyond the Fringe</i> quartet which had also included <a href="/wiki/Peter_Cook" title="Peter Cook">Peter Cook</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Moore" title="Dudley Moore">Dudley Moore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For many years Bennett has owned a cottage in <a href="/wiki/Clapham,_North_Yorkshire" title="Clapham, North Yorkshire">Clapham</a> in the Yorkshire Dales.<sup id="cite_ref-Billy_Kenber_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Billy_Kenber-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Work">Work</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Bennett&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_works_by_Alan_Bennett" title="List of works by Alan Bennett">List of works by Alan Bennett</a></div> <p><b>Selected credits</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film">Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Bennett&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Private_Function" title="A Private Function">A Private Function</a></i> (screenplay), 1984</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Prick_Up_Your_Ears" title="Prick Up Your Ears">Prick Up Your Ears</a></i> (screenplay), 1987</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Little_Dorrit_(1987_film)" title="Little Dorrit (1987 film)">Little Dorrit</a></i>, 1987</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Madness_of_King_George" title="The Madness of King George">The Madness of King George</a></i> (screenplay), 1994</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_History_Boys_(film)" title="The History Boys (film)">The History Boys</a></i> (screenplay), 2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lady_in_the_Van" title="The Lady in the Van">The Lady in the Van</a></i> (screenplay), 2015</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Allelujah_(film)" title="Allelujah (film)">Allelujah</a></i> (co-written), 2022</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Choral" title="The Choral">The Choral</a></i> (screenplay), 2025</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Theatre">Theatre</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Bennett&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Theatre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Madness_of_George_III" title="The Madness of George III">The Madness of George III</a></i> (writer), 1991</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wind_in_the_Willows_(play)" title="The Wind in the Willows (play)">The Wind in the Willows</a></i> (writer), 1991</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Talking_Heads_(play)" title="Talking Heads (play)">Talking Heads</a></i> (also writer), 1992</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lady_in_the_Van" title="The Lady in the Van">The Lady in the Van</a></i> (writer), 1999</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_History_Boys" title="The History Boys">The History Boys</a></i> (writer), 2004</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Habit_of_Art" title="The Habit of Art">The Habit of Art</a></i> (writer), 2009</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/People_(play)" title="People (play)">People</a></i> (writer), 2012</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cocktail_Sticks" title="Cocktail Sticks">Cocktail Sticks</a></i> (writer), 2012</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Allelujah!" title="Allelujah!">Allelujah!</a></i> (writer), 2018</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Bennett&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><i>Beyond the Fringe</i> (with <a href="/wiki/Peter_Cook" title="Peter Cook">Peter Cook</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Miller" title="Jonathan Miller">Jonathan Miller</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Moore" title="Dudley Moore">Dudley Moore</a>). London: Souvenir Press, 1962, and New York: Random House, 1963</li> <li><i>Forty Years On</i>, London: Faber, 1969</li> <li><i>Getting On</i>, London: Faber, 1972</li> <li><i>Habeas Corpus</i>, London: Faber, 1973</li> <li><i>The Old Country</i>, London: Faber, 1978</li> <li><i>Enjoy</i>, London: Faber, 1980</li> <li><i>Office Suite</i>, London: Faber, 1981</li> <li><i>Objects of Affection</i>, London: BBC Publications, 1982</li> <li><i>A Private Function</i>, London: Faber, 1984</li> <li><i>Forty Years On; Getting On; Habeas Corpus</i>, London: Faber, 1985</li> <li><i>The Writer in Disguise</i>, London: Faber, 1985</li> <li><i>Prick Up Your Ears: The Film Screenplay</i>, London: Faber, 1987</li> <li><i>Two Kafka Plays</i>, London: Faber, 1987</li> <li><i>Talking Heads</i>, London: BBC Publications, 1988; New York: Summit, 1990</li> <li><i>Single Spies</i>, London: Faber, 1989</li> <li><i>The Lady in the Van</i> (essay in the <i>London Review of Books</i>), 1989</li> <li><i>The Lady in the Van</i> (book), 1990</li> <li><i>Single Spies and Talking Heads</i>, New York: Summit, 1990</li> <li><i>Poetry in Motion</i>, (with others). 1990</li> <li><i>The Wind in the Willows</i>, London: Faber, 1991</li> <li><i>Forty Years on and Other Plays</i>, London: Faber, 1991</li> <li><i>The Madness of George III</i>, London: Faber, 1992</li> <li><i>Poetry in Motion 2</i> (with others) 1992</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Writing_Home&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Writing Home (page does not exist)">Writing Home</a></i> (diaries) London: Faber, 1994</li> <li><i>The Madness of King George</i> (screenplay), 1995</li> <li><i>Father! Father! Burning Bright</i> (prose version of 1982 TV script, <i>Intensive Care</i>), 1999</li> <li><i>The Laying on of Hands</i> (stories), 2000</li> <li><i>The Clothes They Stood Up In</i> (novella), 2001</li> <li><i>Untold Stories</i> (diaries), London, 2005, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-571-22830-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-571-22830-5">0-571-22830-5</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Uncommon_Reader" title="The Uncommon Reader">The Uncommon Reader</a></i> (novella), London, 2007</li> <li><i>A Life Like Other People's</i> (memoir), London, 2009</li> <li><i>Smut: Two Unseemly Stories</i> (stories), London, 2011</li> <li><i>Six Poets: Hardy to Larkin: An Anthology</i>, London: Faber, 2015</li> <li><i>Keeping On Keeping On</i> (diaries), London, 2016<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>The Shielding of Mrs Forbes</i>, London: Faber, 2019 (part of <i>Faber Stories</i> series)</li></ul></div> <li><i>House Arrest: Pandemic Diaries</i>, London: Faber, 2022</li> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honours">Awards and honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Bennett&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Awards and honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Alan_Bennett" title="List of awards and nominations received by Alan Bennett">List of awards and nominations received by Alan Bennett</a></div> <p>Bennett was made an Honorary Fellow of <a href="/wiki/Exeter_College,_Oxford" title="Exeter College, Oxford">Exeter College, Oxford</a>, in 1987. He was also awarded a <a href="/wiki/D.Litt" class="mw-redirect" title="D.Litt">D.Litt</a> by the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Leeds" title="University of Leeds">University of Leeds</a> in 1990<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and an <a href="/wiki/Honorary_doctorate" class="mw-redirect" title="Honorary doctorate">honorary doctorate</a> from <a href="/wiki/Kingston_University" title="Kingston University">Kingston University</a> in 1996. In 1998 he refused an honorary doctorate from Oxford University, in protest at its acceptance of funding for a chair from press baron <a href="/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch" title="Rupert Murdoch">Rupert Murdoch</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also declined a <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">CBE</a> in 1988 and a knighthood in 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has stated that, although he is not a republican, he would never wish to be knighted, saying it would be a bit like having to wear a suit for the rest of his life.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2011, Bennett returned to <a href="/wiki/Lawnswood_School" title="Lawnswood School">Lawnswood School</a>, nearly 60 years after he left, to unveil the renamed Alan Bennett Library.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He said he "loosely" based <i>The History Boys</i> on his experiences at the school and his admission to Oxford. Lawnswood School dedicated its library to the writer after he emerged as a vocal campaigner against public library cuts.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Plans to shut local libraries were "wrong and very short-sighted", Bennett said, adding: "We're impoverishing young people." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Bennett&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In the film for television <i><a href="/wiki/Not_Only_But_Always" title="Not Only But Always">Not Only But Always</a></i>, about the careers of <a href="/wiki/Peter_Cook" title="Peter Cook">Peter Cook</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Moore" title="Dudley Moore">Dudley Moore</a>, Bennett is portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Alan_Cox_(actor)" title="Alan Cox (actor)">Alan Cox</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2025)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>Along with the other members of <i><a href="/wiki/Beyond_the_Fringe" title="Beyond the Fringe">Beyond the Fringe</a></i>, Bennett is portrayed in the play <i><a href="/wiki/Pete_and_Dud:_Come_Again" title="Pete and Dud: Come Again">Pete and Dud: Come Again</a></i>, by Chris Bartlett and <a href="/wiki/Nick_Awde" title="Nick Awde">Nick Awde</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2025)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>Bennett voices himself in the episode "<a href="/wiki/Brian%27s_Play" title="Brian's Play">Brian's Play</a>" of the animated series <i><a href="/wiki/Family_Guy" title="Family Guy">Family Guy</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2025)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>Bennett was portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Harry_Enfield" title="Harry Enfield">Harry Enfield</a> as <a href="/wiki/Stalin" class="mw-redirect" title="Stalin">Stalin</a>, in an episode of "Talking Heads of State", in BBC Two's 2014 satirical <i><a href="/wiki/Harry_and_Paul%27s_Story_of_the_Twos" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry and Paul's Story of the Twos">Harry and Paul's Story of the Twos</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Bennett is portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Reece_Dinsdale" title="Reece Dinsdale">Reece Dinsdale</a> in a 2014 production of <i>Untold Stories</i> at the <a href="/wiki/West_Yorkshire_Playhouse" class="mw-redirect" title="West Yorkshire Playhouse">West Yorkshire Playhouse</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Bennett is portrayed by British actor <a href="/wiki/Alex_Jennings" title="Alex Jennings">Alex Jennings</a> in the 2015 comedy-drama film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lady_in_the_Van" title="The Lady in the Van">The Lady in the Van</a></i>. He appears as himself briefly at the end of the film.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2025)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>In the season 2 episode "Mystery Man" of the Netflix show <i><a href="/wiki/The_Crown_(TV_series)" title="The Crown (TV series)">The Crown</a></i>, Bennett is portrayed by British actor Seb Carrington.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Stewart_Lee" title="Stewart Lee">Stewart Lee</a>'s 2022 comedy special "Tornado", Bennett appears as himself at the very end. In the appearance, Bennett states that <a href="/wiki/Erving_Goffman" title="Erving Goffman">Erving Goffman</a> would have enjoyed the special. This refers to a review of Lee's comedy that Bennett wrote for <i><a href="/wiki/The_London_Review_of_Books" class="mw-redirect" title="The London Review of Books">The London Review of Books</a></i> in 2017 and acts as a callback to a previous joke in the special.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Bennett&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_actors" title="List of British actors">List of British actors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees_from_Great_Britain" title="List of Academy Award winners and nominees from Great Britain">List of Academy Award winners and nominees from Great Britain</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Bennett&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-LRB_article-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-LRB_article_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBennett2014" class="citation journal cs1">Bennett, Alan (2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lrb.co.uk/v36/n12/alan-bennett/fair-play">"Fair Play"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/London_Review_of_Books" title="London Review of Books">London Review of Books</a></i>. <b>36</b> (12): <span class="nowrap">29–</span>30<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved 25 August 2018</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEdemariam2004" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Aida_Edemariam" title="Aida Edemariam">Edemariam, Aida</a> (14 May 2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2004/may/14/theatre3">"The Guardian profile: Alan Bennett"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=The+Guardian+profile%3A+Alan+Bennett&rft.date=2004-05-14&rft.aulast=Edemariam&rft.aufirst=Aida&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fstage%2F2004%2Fmay%2F14%2Ftheatre3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlan+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcCrum2016" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Robert_McCrum" title="Robert McCrum">McCrum, Robert</a> (18 December 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/dec/18/alan-bennett-i-dont-fret-about-posterity-interview">"Alan Bennett: 'I don't fret about posterity. But some things will last'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>The Observer</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Observer&rft.atitle=Alan+Bennett%3A+%27I+don%27t+fret+about+posterity.+But+some+things+will+last%27&rft.date=2016-12-18&rft.aulast=McCrum&rft.aufirst=Robert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fstage%2F2016%2Fdec%2F18%2Falan-bennett-i-dont-fret-about-posterity-interview&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlan+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Billy_Kenber-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Billy_Kenber_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Billy_Kenber_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKenber2009" class="citation news cs1">Kenber, Billy (22 November 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/alan-bennett-reveals-that-his-lover-caf-anne-is-dead-1825391.html">"Alan Bennett reveals that his lover, 'Café Anne', is dead"</a>. <i>The Independent</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Independent&rft.atitle=Alan+Bennett+reveals+that+his+lover%2C+%27Caf%C3%A9+Anne%27%2C+is+dead&rft.date=2009-11-22&rft.aulast=Kenber&rft.aufirst=Billy&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fpeople%2Fnews%2Falan-bennett-reveals-that-his-lover-caf-anne-is-dead-1825391.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlan+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-12-24/alan-bennett-you-have-to-be-careful-about-becoming-an-old-git/">"Alan Bennett: "You have to be careful about becoming an old git"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Radio_Times" title="Radio Times">Radio Times</a></i>. 24 December 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 November</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Radio+Times&rft.atitle=Alan+Bennett%3A+%22You+have+to+be+careful+about+becoming+an+old+git%22&rft.date=2016-12-24&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.radiotimes.com%2Fnews%2F2016-12-24%2Falan-bennett-you-have-to-be-careful-about-becoming-an-old-git%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlan+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAl74KQ_IZI">Video</a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/sir-alan-oh-no-itd-be-like-wearing-a-suit-every-day-1693491.html">Playwright who rejected a knighthood says he's probably the last real monarchist left in Britain</a> <i>The Independent</i>, 31 May 2009</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4277976.stm">"Alan Bennett reveals cancer fight"</a>, <i>BBC News</i>, 24 September 2005</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/3612508/Inside-Bennetts-fridge.html">"Inside Bennett's fridge"</a>, <i>The Daily Telegraph</i>, 30 October 2004</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kennedy, Maev <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/oct/24/alan-bennett-oxford-university">"A small way of saying thank you: Bennett donates his life's work to the Bodleian"</a>, <i>The Guardian</i>, 24 October 2008</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-heraldscotland-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-heraldscotland_28-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13637728.Alan_Bennett__the_UK_Government_is_deplorable____but_Corbyn_has_given_things_a_good_kick_in_the_pants/">"Alan Bennett: the UK Government is deplorable... but Corbyn has given things a good kick in the pants"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Herald_(Glasgow)" title="The Herald (Glasgow)">The Herald</a></i>. Glasgow. 1 September 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 May</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Herald&rft.atitle=Alan+Bennett%3A+the+UK+Government+is+deplorable...+but+Corbyn+has+given+things+a+good+kick+in+the+pants&rft.date=2015-09-01&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heraldscotland.com%2Fnews%2F13637728.Alan_Bennett__the_UK_Government_is_deplorable____but_Corbyn_has_given_things_a_good_kick_in_the_pants%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlan+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-theguardian-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-theguardian_29-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGani2015" class="citation news cs1">Gani, Aisha (31 October 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/oct/31/alan-bennett-tories-govern-with-totalitarian-attitude">"Alan Bennett: Tories govern with 'totalitarian attitude'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 May</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Alan+Bennett%3A+Tories+govern+with+%27totalitarian+attitude%27&rft.date=2015-10-31&rft.aulast=Gani&rft.aufirst=Aisha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fstage%2F2015%2Foct%2F31%2Falan-bennett-tories-govern-with-totalitarian-attitude&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlan+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50574472">"Theatre director Sir Jonathan Miller dies aged 85"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. BBC. 27 November 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Theatre+director+Sir+Jonathan+Miller+dies+aged+85&rft.date=2019-11-27&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fentertainment-arts-50574472&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlan+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://claphamyorkshire.co.uk/2024/05/31/clapham-newsletter-149-june-2024/">"Clapham Newsletter 149, June 2024"</a>. 31 May 2024.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Clapham+Newsletter+149%2C+June+2024&rft.date=2024-05-31&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fclaphamyorkshire.co.uk%2F2024%2F05%2F31%2Fclapham-newsletter-149-june-2024%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlan+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBennett2018" class="citation web cs1">Bennett, Alan (11 December 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/keeping-keeping">"Nicholas Delbancio in The New York Journal of Books"</a>. <i>New York Journal of Books</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 December</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=New+York+Journal+of+Books&rft.atitle=Nicholas+Delbancio+in+The+New+York+Journal+of+Books&rft.date=2018-12-11&rft.aulast=Bennett&rft.aufirst=Alan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyjournalofbooks.com%2Fbook-review%2Fkeeping-keeping&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlan+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/443/an_evening_with_alan_bennett">An evening with Alan Bennett</a> University of Leeds, 29 October 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/255738.stm">"Bennett snubs Oxford over Murdoch chair"</a>, BBC News, 15 January 1999</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMorrison2009" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Blake_Morrison" title="Blake Morrison">Morrison, Blake</a> (7 May 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/may/07/alan-bennett-birthday-writing?INTCMP=SRCH">"Birthday boy" – Blake Morrison salutes Alan Bennett as the writer approaches his 75th birthday"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Birthday+boy%22+%E2%80%93+Blake+Morrison+salutes+Alan+Bennett+as+the+writer+approaches+his+75th+birthday&rft.date=2009-05-07&rft.aulast=Morrison&rft.aufirst=Blake&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fstage%2F2009%2Fmay%2F07%2Falan-bennett-birthday-writing%3FINTCMP%3DSRCH&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlan+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/frontrow/archive.shtml">Featured interview: Alan Bennett In Conversation</a> <i>Front Row</i> archive, BBC Radio 4 (Audio, 1 hr)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/central-leeds/alan_bennett_playwright_returns_to_leeds_school_video_1_4048939">"Alan Bennett: Playwright returns to Leeds school VIDEO - Central Leeds - Yorkshire Evening Post"</a>. <i>www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk&rft.atitle=Alan+Bennett%3A+Playwright+returns+to+Leeds+school+VIDEO+-+Central+Leeds+-+Yorkshire+Evening+Post&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flatest-news%2Fcentral-leeds%2Falan_bennett_playwright_returns_to_leeds_school_video_1_4048939&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlan+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16110234">"Alan Bennett warns over tuition fees"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. 10 December 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Alan+Bennett+warns+over+tuition+fees&rft.date=2011-12-10&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fentertainment-arts-16110234&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlan+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFerguson2014" class="citation web cs1">Ferguson, Euan (31 May 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/may/31/the-complainers-the-story-of-women-and-art-harry-and-pauls-story-of-the-twos-review">"The Complainers; The Story of Women and Art; Harry and Paul's Story of the Twos – review"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i>. <q>Enfield, as Alan Bennett, as a Talking Heads Stalin, torn between curtain-fussery and genocide, was the most surreal vision this perfect pair have ever concocted, but worked</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=The+Complainers%3B+The+Story+of+Women+and+Art%3B+Harry+and+Paul%27s+Story+of+the+Twos+%E2%80%93+review&rft.date=2014-05-31&rft.aulast=Ferguson&rft.aufirst=Euan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Ftv-and-radio%2F2014%2Fmay%2F31%2Fthe-complainers-the-story-of-women-and-art-harry-and-pauls-story-of-the-twos-review&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlan+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140607025536/http://www.wyp.org.uk/what's-on/2014/untold-stories">"What's on - Untold Stories"</a>. <i>West Yorkshire Playhouse</i>. 2 June 2014. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wyp.org.uk/what's-on/2014/untold-stories/">the original</a> on 7 June 2014.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=West+Yorkshire+Playhouse&rft.atitle=What%27s+on+-+Untold+Stories&rft.date=2014-06-02&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wyp.org.uk%2Fwhat%27s-on%2F2014%2Funtold-stories%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlan+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Bennett&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Peter Wolfe, <i>Understanding Alan Bennett</i>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_South_Carolina" title="University of South Carolina">University of South Carolina</a> Press, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-57003-280-7" title="Special:BookSources/1-57003-280-7">1-57003-280-7</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGames2001" class="citation book cs1">Games, Alexander (2001). <i>Backing into The Limelight: The Biography of Alan Bennett</i>. Headline. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7472-7030-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-7472-7030-9"><bdi>0-7472-7030-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Backing+into+The+Limelight%3A+The+Biography+of+Alan+Bennett&rft.pub=Headline&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=0-7472-7030-9&rft.aulast=Games&rft.aufirst=Alexander&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlan+Bennett" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Joseph H. O'Mealy, <i>Alan Bennett: A Critical Introduction</i>, Routledge, 2001, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8153-3540-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-8153-3540-7">0-8153-3540-7</a></li> <li>Kara McKechnie, Alan Bennett, The Television Series, Manchester University Press, 2007. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7190-6806-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7190-6806-5">978-0-7190-6806-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hewison" title="Robert Hewison">Robert Hewison</a>, <i>Footlights – A Hundred Years of Cambridge Comedy</i>, Methuen, 1983</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Wilmut" title="Roger Wilmut">Roger Wilmut</a>, <i>From Fringe to Flying Circus – Celebrating a Unique Generation of Comedy 1960–1980</i>, Eyre Methuen, 1980, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-413-46950-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-413-46950-2">978-0-413-46950-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Bergan" title="Ronald Bergan">Ronald Bergan</a>, <i>Beyond the Fringe...and Beyond: a critical biography of Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller and Dudley Moore</i>, London: Virgin, 1989</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Bennett&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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title="Declan Donnelly">Dec</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leigh_Francis" title="Leigh Francis">Leigh Francis</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_McIntyre" title="Michael McIntyre">Michael McIntyre</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Graham_Norton" title="Graham Norton">Graham Norton</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lee_Mack" title="Lee Mack">Lee Mack</a> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mo_Gilligan" title="Mo Gilligan">Mo Gilligan</a> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Romesh_Ranganathan" title="Romesh Ranganathan">Romesh Ranganathan</a> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Big_Zuu" title="Big Zuu">Big Zuu</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Claudia_Winkleman" title="Claudia Winkleman">Claudia Winkleman</a> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">Anna Sharkey (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Elaine_Paige" title="Elaine Paige">Elaine Paige</a> (1978)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #E0E0E0;;width:1%">Actor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anton_Rodgers" title="Anton Rodgers">Anton Rodgers</a> (1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Denis_Quilley" title="Denis Quilley">Denis Quilley</a> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Crawford" title="Michael Crawford">Michael Crawford</a> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roy_Hudd" title="Roy Hudd">Roy Hudd</a> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a 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class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Alan Bennett</a> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Goodman" title="Henry Goodman">Henry Goodman</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alun_Armstrong" title="Alun Armstrong">Alun Armstrong</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Gordon_Sinclair" title="John Gordon Sinclair">John Gordon Sinclair</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Lester" title="Adrian Lester">Adrian Lester</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Lindsay_(actor)" title="Robert Lindsay (actor)">Robert Lindsay</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philip_Quast" title="Philip Quast">Philip Quast</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="wrap">Jody Abrahams, Loukmaan Adams, Mandisa Bardill, Junaid Booysen, Salie Daniels, and Alistair Izobell</span> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Simon_Russell_Beale" title="Simon Russell Beale">Simon Russell Beale</a> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Evans_(actor)" title="Daniel Evans (actor)">Daniel Evans</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philip_Quast" title="Philip Quast">Philip Quast</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Jennings" title="Alex Jennings">Alex Jennings</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Bedella" title="David Bedella">David Bedella</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Lane" title="Nathan Lane">Nathan Lane</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Lomas_(actor)" title="James Lomas (actor)">James Lomas</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Maguire_(actor,_born_1990)" title="George Maguire (actor, born 1990)">George Maguire</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Liam_Mower" title="Liam Mower">Liam Mower</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Evans_(actor)" title="Daniel Evans (actor)">Daniel Evans</a> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Ball" title="Michael Ball">Michael Ball</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Hodge" title="Douglas Hodge">Douglas Hodge</a> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Aneurin_Barnard" title="Aneurin Barnard">Aneurin Barnard</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Thaxton" title="David Thaxton">David Thaxton</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bertie_Carvel" title="Bertie Carvel">Bertie Carvel</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Ball" title="Michael Ball">Michael Ball</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Creel" title="Gavin Creel">Gavin Creel</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Dagleish" title="John Dagleish">John Dagleish</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Henry_(singer)" title="Matt Henry (singer)">Matt Henry</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andy_Karl" title="Andy Karl">Andy Karl</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Giles_Terera" title="Giles Terera">Giles Terera</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kobna_Holdbrook-Smith" title="Kobna Holdbrook-Smith">Kobna Holdbrook-Smith</a> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Tutty" title="Sam Tutty">Sam Tutty</a> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">No Ceremony (2021) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Redmayne" title="Eddie Redmayne">Eddie Redmayne</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Darvill" title="Arthur Darvill">Arthur Darvill</a> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Tom Francis (2024)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> 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Mamet">David Mamet</a> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Tolkin" title="Michael Tolkin">Michael Tolkin</a> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Ramis" title="Harold Ramis">Harold Ramis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Danny_Rubin" title="Danny Rubin">Danny Rubin</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino" title="Quentin Tarantino">Quentin Tarantino</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Attanasio" title="Paul Attanasio">Paul Attanasio</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Coen_brothers" title="Coen brothers">Joel Coen and Ethan Coen</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Curtis_Hanson" title="Curtis Hanson">Curtis Hanson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brian_Helgeland" title="Brian Helgeland">Brian Helgeland</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Niccol" title="Andrew Niccol">Andrew Niccol</a> 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class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Haneke" title="Michael Haneke">Michael Haneke</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Coen_brothers" title="Coen brothers">Joel Coen and Ethan Coen</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wes_Anderson" title="Wes Anderson">Wes Anderson</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tom_McCarthy_(director)" title="Tom McCarthy (director)">Tom McCarthy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Josh_Singer" title="Josh Singer">Josh Singer</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Lonergan" title="Kenneth Lonergan">Kenneth Lonergan</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Martin_McDonagh" title="Martin McDonagh">Martin McDonagh</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Deborah_Davis_(screenwriter)" title="Deborah Davis (screenwriter)">Deborah Davis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tony_McNamara_(writer)" title="Tony McNamara (writer)">Tony McNamara</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Noah_Baumbach" title="Noah Baumbach">Noah Baumbach</a> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chlo%C3%A9_Zhao" title="Chloé Zhao">Chloé Zhao</a> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ryusuke_Hamaguchi" title="Ryusuke Hamaguchi">Ryusuke Hamaguchi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Takamasa_Oe" title="Takamasa Oe">Takamasa Oe</a> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Martin_McDonagh" title="Martin McDonagh">Martin McDonagh</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Justine_Triet" title="Justine Triet">Justine Triet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Harari" title="Arthur Harari">Arthur Harari</a> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Eisenberg" title="Jesse Eisenberg">Jesse Eisenberg</a> (2024)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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<li><a href="/wiki/John_Gielgud" title="John Gielgud">John Gielgud</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alec_Guinness" title="Alec Guinness">Alec Guinness</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peggy_Ashcroft" title="Peggy Ashcroft">Peggy Ashcroft</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninette_de_Valois" title="Ninette de Valois">Ninette de Valois</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_MacMillan" title="Kenneth MacMillan">Kenneth MacMillan</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Wanamaker" title="Sam Wanamaker">Sam Wanamaker</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Pinter" title="Harold Pinter">Harold Pinter</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Harris" title="Margaret Harris">Margaret Harris</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Mirvish" title="Ed Mirvish">Ed Mirvish</a> / <a href="/wiki/David_Mirvish" title="David Mirvish">David Mirvish</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Hall_(director)" title="Peter Hall (director)">Peter Hall</a> (1999)</li> <li>Rupert Rhymes (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Mendes" title="Sam Mendes">Sam Mendes</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judi_Dench" title="Judi Dench">Judi Dench</a> (2004)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Alan Bennett</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_McKellen" title="Ian McKellen">Ian McKellen</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Tomlinson_(bass)" title="John Tomlinson (bass)">John Tomlinson</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Lloyd_Webber" title="Andrew Lloyd Webber">Andrew Lloyd Webber</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Ayckbourn" title="Alan Ayckbourn">Alan Ayckbourn</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maggie_Smith" title="Maggie Smith">Maggie Smith</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monica_Mason" title="Monica Mason">Monica Mason</a> / <a href="/wiki/Tim_Rice" title="Tim Rice">Tim Rice</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Frayn" title="Michael Frayn">Michael Frayn</a> / <a href="/wiki/Gillian_Lynne" title="Gillian Lynne">Gillian Lynne</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Hytner" title="Nicholas Hytner">Nicholas Hytner</a> & Nick Starr / <a href="/wiki/Michael_White_(producer)" title="Michael White (producer)">Michael White</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvie_Guillem" title="Sylvie Guillem">Sylvie Guillem</a> / <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Spacey" title="Kevin Spacey">Kevin Spacey</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Branagh" title="Kenneth Branagh">Kenneth Branagh</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Lan" title="David Lan">David Lan</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Bourne" title="Matthew Bourne">Matthew Bourne</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Black_(lyricist)" title="Don Black (lyricist)">Don Black</a> / Jo Hawes / <a href="/wiki/Thelma_Holt" title="Thelma Holt">Thelma Holt</a> / Stephen Jameson / <a href="/wiki/Ian_McKellen" title="Ian McKellen">Ian McKellen</a> / Sarah Preece / Peter Roberts (2020)</li> <li><s>(2021 Covid-19)</s></li> <li>Lisa Burger / Bob King / Gloria Louis / Susie Sainsbury / <a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Young" title="Sylvia Young">Sylvia Young</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derek_Jacobi" title="Derek Jacobi">Derek Jacobi</a> / <a href="/wiki/Arlene_Phillips" title="Arlene Phillips">Arlene Phillips</a> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Special_Tony_Award58" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #C0C0C0;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dora_Chamberlain" title="Dora Chamberlain">Dora Chamberlain</a> / Ira and Rita Katzenberg / <a href="/wiki/Jules_Leventhal" title="Jules Leventhal">Jules Leventhal</a> / <a href="/wiki/Burns_Mantle" title="Burns Mantle">Burns Mantle</a> / P. A. MacDonald / <a href="/wiki/Vincent_Sardi_Sr." title="Vincent Sardi Sr.">Vincent Sardi Sr.</a> (1947)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Vera Allen / <a href="/wiki/Paul_Beisman" title="Paul Beisman">Paul Beisman</a> / <a href="/wiki/Joe_E._Brown" title="Joe E. Brown">Joe E. Brown</a> / Cast of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest" title="The Importance of Being Earnest">The Importance of Being Earnest</a></i> / <a href="/wiki/Robert_W._Dowling" title="Robert W. Dowling">Robert W. Dowling</a> / Experimental Theatre Inc. / Rosalind Gilder / <a href="/wiki/June_Lockhart" title="June Lockhart">June Lockhart</a> / <a href="/wiki/Mary_Martin" title="Mary Martin">Mary Martin</a> / <a href="/wiki/George_Pierce_(backstage_doorman)" title="George Pierce (backstage doorman)">George Pierce</a> / <a href="/wiki/James_Whitmore" title="James Whitmore">James Whitmore</a> (1948)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No award</i> (1949)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Evans_(actor)" title="Maurice Evans (actor)">Maurice Evans</a> / Philip Faversham / <a href="/wiki/Brock_Pemberton" title="Brock Pemberton">Brock Pemberton</a> (1950)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Ruth Green (1951)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Boyer" title="Charles Boyer">Charles Boyer</a> / <a href="/wiki/Judy_Garland" title="Judy Garland">Judy Garland</a> / <a href="/wiki/Edward_Kook" title="Edward Kook">Edward Kook</a> (1952)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Danny_Kaye" title="Danny Kaye">Danny Kaye</a> / <a href="/wiki/Beatrice_Lillie" title="Beatrice Lillie">Beatrice Lillie</a> (1953)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No award</i> (1954)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Proscenium Productions (1955)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Fourth Street Chekov Theatre / <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Center" title="New York City Center">City Center</a> / <a href="/wiki/New_York_Public_Library_for_the_Performing_Arts" title="New York Public Library for the Performing Arts">The New York Public Library Theatre Collection</a> / The Shakespearewrights / <i><a href="/wiki/The_Threepenny_Opera" title="The Threepenny Opera">The Threepenny Opera</a></i> (1956)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/American_Shakespeare_Theatre" title="American Shakespeare Theatre">American Shakespeare Festival</a> / <a href="/wiki/Jean-Louis_Barrault" title="Jean-Louis Barrault">Jean-Louis Barrault</a> / <a href="/wiki/Robert_Russell_Bennett" title="Robert Russell Bennett">Robert Russell Bennett</a> / <a href="/wiki/Willie_Hammerstein" title="Willie Hammerstein">William Hammerstein</a> / Joseph Harbuck / <a href="/wiki/Paul_Shyre" title="Paul Shyre">Paul Shyre</a> (1957)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Louise_Heims_Beck" title="Louise Heims Beck">Mrs. Martin Beck</a> / <a href="/wiki/Shakespeare_in_the_Park_(New_York_City)" title="Shakespeare in the Park (New York City)">New York Shakespeare Festival</a> (1958)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russel_Crouse" title="Russel Crouse">Russel Crouse</a> and <a href="/wiki/Howard_Lindsay" title="Howard Lindsay">Howard Lindsay</a> / <a href="/wiki/John_Gielgud" title="John Gielgud">John Gielgud</a> / Cast of <i><a href="/wiki/La_Plume_de_Ma_Tante" title="La Plume de Ma Tante">La Plume de Ma Tante</a></i> (1959)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Burgess_Meredith" title="Burgess Meredith">Burgess Meredith</a> and <a href="/wiki/James_Thurber" title="James Thurber">James Thurber</a> / <a href="/wiki/John_D._Rockefeller_III" title="John D. Rockefeller III">John D. Rockefeller III</a> (1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Merrick" title="David Merrick">David Merrick</a> / <a href="/wiki/Theatre_Guild" title="Theatre Guild">The Theatre Guild</a> (1961)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brooks_Atkinson" title="Brooks Atkinson">Brooks Atkinson</a> / <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rodgers" title="Richard Rodgers">Richard Rodgers</a> / <a href="/wiki/Franco_Zeffirelli" title="Franco Zeffirelli">Franco Zeffirelli</a> (1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Alan Bennett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Cook" title="Peter Cook">Peter Cook</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Miller" title="Jonathan Miller">Jonathan Miller</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Moore" title="Dudley Moore">Dudley Moore</a> / <a href="/wiki/Irving_Berlin" title="Irving Berlin">Irving Berlin</a> / <a href="/wiki/W._McNeil_Lowry" title="W. McNeil Lowry">W. McNeil Lowry</a> (1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eva_Le_Gallienne" title="Eva Le Gallienne">Eva Le Gallienne</a> (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Miller" title="Gilbert Miller">Gilbert Miller</a> / <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Smith_(designer)" title="Oliver Smith (designer)">Oliver Smith</a> (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Helen_Menken" title="Helen Menken">Helen Menken</a> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No award</i> (1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">APA-Phoenix Theatre / <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Bailey" title="Pearl Bailey">Pearl Bailey</a> / <a href="/wiki/Carol_Channing" title="Carol Channing">Carol Channing</a> / <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Chevalier" title="Maurice Chevalier">Maurice Chevalier</a> / <a href="/wiki/Marlene_Dietrich" title="Marlene Dietrich">Marlene Dietrich</a> / <a href="/wiki/Audrey_Hepburn" title="Audrey Hepburn">Audrey Hepburn</a> / <a href="/wiki/David_Merrick" title="David Merrick">David Merrick</a> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein" title="Leonard Bernstein">Leonard Bernstein</a> / <a href="/wiki/Carol_Burnett" title="Carol Burnett">Carol Burnett</a> / <a href="/wiki/Rex_Harrison" title="Rex Harrison">Rex Harrison</a> / <a href="/wiki/Royal_National_Theatre" title="Royal National Theatre">The National Theatre Company of Great Britain</a> / The <a href="/wiki/Negro_Ensemble_Company" title="Negro Ensemble Company">Negro Ensemble Company</a> (1969)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/No%C3%ABl_Coward" title="Noël Coward">Noël Coward</a> / <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Fontanne" title="Lynn Fontanne">Lynn Fontanne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Lunt" title="Alfred Lunt">Alfred Lunt</a> / <a href="/wiki/Shakespeare_in_the_Park_(New_York_City)" title="Shakespeare in the Park (New York City)">New York Shakespeare Festival</a> / <a href="/wiki/Barbra_Streisand" title="Barbra Streisand">Barbra Streisand</a> (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Ingram Ash / <a href="/wiki/Elliot_Norton" title="Elliot Norton">Elliot Norton</a> / <i><a href="/wiki/Playbill" title="Playbill">Playbill</a></i> / <a href="/wiki/Roger_L._Stevens" title="Roger L. Stevens">Roger L. Stevens</a> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Fiddler_on_the_Roof" title="Fiddler on the Roof">Fiddler on the Roof</a></i> / <a href="/wiki/Ethel_Merman" title="Ethel Merman">Ethel Merman</a> / <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rodgers" title="Richard Rodgers">Richard Rodgers</a> / <a href="/wiki/Theatre_Guild" title="Theatre Guild">The Theatre Guild</a>-American Theatre Society (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Community_Fund" title="Entertainment Community Fund">The Actors Fund of America</a> / <a href="/wiki/John_Lindsay" title="John Lindsay">John Lindsay</a> / <a href="/wiki/The_Shubert_Organization" title="The Shubert Organization">Shubert Organization</a> (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Actors%27_Equity_Association" title="Actors' Equity Association">Actors' Equity Association</a> / <i><a href="/wiki/A_Moon_for_the_Misbegotten" title="A Moon for the Misbegotten">A Moon for the Misbegotten</a></i> / <i><a href="/wiki/Candide_(operetta)" title="Candide (operetta)">Candide</a></i> / <a href="/wiki/Peter_Cook" title="Peter Cook">Peter Cook</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Moore" title="Dudley Moore">Dudley Moore</a> / Harold Friedlander / <a href="/wiki/Bette_Midler" title="Bette Midler">Bette Midler</a> / <a href="/wiki/Liza_Minnelli" title="Liza Minnelli">Liza Minnelli</a> / <a href="/wiki/Theatre_Development_Fund" title="Theatre Development Fund">Theatre Development Fund</a> / <a href="/wiki/John_F._Wharton_(lawyer)" title="John F. Wharton (lawyer)">John F. Wharton</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Al_Hirschfeld" title="Al Hirschfeld">Al Hirschfeld</a> (1975)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #C0C0C0;;width:1%">1976–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Abbott" title="George Abbott">George Abbott</a> / <a href="/wiki/Richard_Burton" title="Richard Burton">Richard Burton</a> / <a href="/wiki/Circle_in_the_Square_Theatre" title="Circle in the Square Theatre">Circle in the Square Theatre</a> / Thomas H. Fitzgerald / <a href="/wiki/Mathilde_Pincus" title="Mathilde Pincus">Mathilde Pincus</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cheryl_Crawford" title="Cheryl Crawford">Cheryl Crawford</a> / Equity Liberty Theatre / <a href="/wiki/Barry_Manilow" title="Barry Manilow">Barry Manilow</a> / <a href="/wiki/National_Theatre_of_the_Deaf" title="National Theatre of the Deaf">National Theatre of the Deaf</a> / <a href="/wiki/Diana_Ross" title="Diana Ross">Diana Ross</a> / <a href="/wiki/Lily_Tomlin" title="Lily Tomlin">Lily Tomlin</a> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Irving_Berlin" title="Irving Berlin">Irving Berlin</a> / <a href="/wiki/Stan_Dragoti" title="Stan Dragoti">Stan Dragoti</a> and Charles Moss (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Walter F. Diehl / <a href="/wiki/Eugene_O%27Neill_Theater_Center" title="Eugene O'Neill Theater Center">Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Center</a> / <a href="/wiki/Henry_Fonda" title="Henry Fonda">Henry Fonda</a> / <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rodgers" title="Richard Rodgers">Richard Rodgers</a> (1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Richard Fitzgerald / <a href="/wiki/Helen_Hayes" title="Helen Hayes">Helen Hayes</a> / <a href="/wiki/Mary_Tyler_Moore" title="Mary Tyler Moore">Mary Tyler Moore</a> / Hobe Morrison (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lena_Horne" title="Lena Horne">Lena Horne</a> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Radio_City_Music_Hall" title="Radio City Music Hall">Radio City Music Hall</a> / <a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Community_Fund" title="Entertainment Community Fund">The Actors Fund of America</a> / <a href="/wiki/WarnerMedia" title="WarnerMedia">Warner Communications</a> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No award</i> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Chorus_Line" title="A Chorus Line">A Chorus Line</a></i> / <a href="/wiki/Peter_Feller" title="Peter Feller">Peter Feller</a> / <i>La Tragedie de Carmen</i> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Yul_Brynner" title="Yul Brynner">Yul Brynner</a> / <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Council_on_the_Arts" title="New York State Council on the Arts">New York State Council on the Arts</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No award</i> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Abbott" title="George Abbott">George Abbott</a> / <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Mason" title="Jackie Mason">Jackie Mason</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Academy_of_Music" title="Brooklyn Academy of Music">Brooklyn Academy of Music</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No award</i> (1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No award</i> (1990–1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma!" title="Oklahoma!">Oklahoma!</a></i> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hume_Cronyn" title="Hume Cronyn">Hume Cronyn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Tandy" title="Jessica Tandy">Jessica Tandy</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carol_Channing" title="Carol Channing">Carol Channing</a> / <a href="/wiki/National_Endowment_for_the_Arts" title="National Endowment for the Arts">National Endowment for the Arts</a> / Harvey Sabinson (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No award</i> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bernard_B._Jacobs" class="mw-redirect" title="Bernard B. Jacobs">Bernard B. Jacobs</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Edward E. Colton / Ben Edwards (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Uta_Hagen" title="Uta Hagen">Uta Hagen</a> / <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Miller" title="Arthur Miller">Arthur Miller</a> / Isabelle Stevenson (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Dame_Edna_Everage#2000–2009" title="Dame Edna Everage">Dame Edna: The Royal Tour</a></i> / T. Edward Hambleton (2000)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #C0C0C0;;width:1%">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Gemignani" title="Paul Gemignani">Paul Gemignani</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Julie_Harris" title="Julie Harris">Julie Harris</a> / Robert Whitehead (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cy_Feuer" title="Cy Feuer">Cy Feuer</a> / <i><a href="/wiki/Russell_Simmons" title="Russell Simmons">Russell Simmons</a>' Def Poetry Jam on Broadway</i> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_M._Nederlander" title="James M. Nederlander">James M. Nederlander</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Albee" title="Edward Albee">Edward Albee</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Jones_(stage_actress)" title="Sarah Jones (stage actress)">Sarah Jones</a> / <a href="/wiki/Harold_Prince" title="Harold Prince">Harold Prince</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No award</i> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Russell_Bennett" title="Robert Russell Bennett">Robert Russell Bennett</a> / <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Herman" title="Jerry Herman">Jerry Herman</a> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Ayckbourn" title="Alan Ayckbourn">Alan Ayckbourn</a> / <a href="/wiki/Marian_Seldes" title="Marian Seldes">Marian Seldes</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Athol_Fugard" title="Athol Fugard">Athol Fugard</a> / Philip J. Smith (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Actors%27_Equity_Association" title="Actors' Equity Association">Actors' Equity Association</a> / <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Jackman" title="Hugh Jackman">Hugh Jackman</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Gersten" title="Bernard Gersten">Bernard Gersten</a> / <a href="/wiki/Ming_Cho_Lee" title="Ming Cho Lee">Ming Cho Lee</a> / Paul Libin (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jane_Greenwood" title="Jane Greenwood">Jane Greenwood</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Cameron_Mitchell" title="John Cameron Mitchell">John Cameron Mitchell</a> / <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Tune" title="Tommy Tune">Tommy Tune</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sheldon_Harnick" title="Sheldon Harnick">Sheldon Harnick</a> / <a href="/wiki/Marshall_W._Mason" title="Marshall W. Mason">Marshall W. Mason</a> / <a href="/wiki/National_Endowment_for_the_Arts" title="National Endowment for the Arts">National Endowment for the Arts</a> / Miles Wilkin (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones">James Earl Jones</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Leguizamo" title="John Leguizamo">John Leguizamo</a> / <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Lloyd_Webber" title="Andrew Lloyd Webber">Andrew Lloyd Webber</a> / <a href="/wiki/Chita_Rivera" title="Chita Rivera">Chita Rivera</a> / <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen" title="Bruce Springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rosemary_Harris" title="Rosemary Harris">Rosemary Harris</a> / <a href="/wiki/Marin_Mazzie" title="Marin Mazzie">Marin Mazzie</a> / <a href="/wiki/Terrence_McNally" title="Terrence McNally">Terrence McNally</a> / <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Tilders" title="Sonny Tilders">Sonny Tilders</a> and Creature Technology Company / Jason Michael Webb / <a href="/wiki/Harold_Wheeler_(musician)" title="Harold Wheeler (musician)">Harold Wheeler</a> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">The Broadway Advocacy Coalition / <a href="/wiki/David_Byrne" title="David Byrne">David Byrne's</a> <i><a href="/wiki/American_Utopia_(film)" title="American Utopia (film)">American Utopia</a></i> / <a href="/wiki/Freestyle_Love_Supreme" title="Freestyle Love Supreme">Freestyle Love Supreme</a> / <a href="/wiki/Graciela_Daniele" title="Graciela Daniele">Graciela Daniele</a> (2020/21)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Angela_Lansbury" title="Angela Lansbury">Angela Lansbury</a> / <a href="/wiki/James_C._Nicola" title="James C. 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