2016
First Published
4.22
Average Rating
33
Number of Pages
A unique collection of eight Alan Bennett stories read by the author. The titles are Uncle Clarence ; The Lady in the Van ; The Clothes They Stood Up In ; Father! Father! Burning Bright ; Hymn ; The Laying On of Hands ; The Uncommon Reader ; and The Shielding of Mrs Forbes . These readings were first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 1986 and 2011. approximately 13 hours.
Avg Rating
4.22
Number of Ratings
90
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Author
Alan Bennett
Author · 49 books
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. Alan Bennett is an English author and Tony Award-winning playwright. Bennett's first stage play, Forty Years On, was produced in 1968. Many television, stage and radio plays followed, along with screenplays, short stories, novellas, a large body of non-fictional prose and broadcasting, and many appearances as an actor. Bennett's lugubrious yet expressive voice (which still bears a slight Leeds accent) and the sharp humour and evident humanity of his writing have made his readings of his own work (especially his autobiographical writing) very popular. His readings of the Winnie the Pooh stories are also widely enjoyed.
