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The Lady in the Van: A BBC Radio 4 adaptation
Alan Bennett
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Description for The Lady in the Van: A BBC Radio 4 adaptation
CD-Audio. An eccentric old lady moves into a quiet street in Camden Town. There she remains, installed in her van in glorious self-sufficiency, until the council instructs her to move on. Then a kind home-owner invites her to move her van into his garden - where she stays for the next fifteen years. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 108.
Maggie Smith stars in this BBC radio adaptation of Alan Bennett's highly acclaimed autobiographical stage play
An eccentric old lady moves into a quiet street in Camden Town. There she remains, installed in her van in glorious self-sufficiency, until the council instructs her to move on. Then a kind homeowner invites her to move her van into his garden – where she stays for the next fifteen years. This is the fascinating story of the genteel vagrant who found a unique place in Alan Bennett's life and writing.
But the drama is as much about the author himself ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
Format
CD
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785291807
SKU
V9781785291807
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett was born and brought up in Leeds and educated at Leeds Modern School and Exeter College, Oxford, where he read history. While doing postgraduate research he began to perform in cabaret, appearing first on the stage with the Oxford Theatre Group revue Better Late at Edinburgh in 1959. The following year he collaborated with Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller ... Read more
Reviews for The Lady in the Van: A BBC Radio 4 adaptation
Played by Maggie Smith, who captured her every infuriating nuance, you could almost smell her...
Gillian Reynolds
The Daily Telegraph
Gillian Reynolds
The Daily Telegraph