Forty Years on - Couverture souple

Bennett, Alan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0571162843 ISBN 13 : 9780571162840

Editeur : Faber & Faber, 1991

Synopsis

Taking the form of an end-of-term play at a minor public school, "Forty Years On" presents a satirical review of recent English history. The play was first performed in 1968 with John Gielgud and Bennett himself in the leading roles. "Getting On" is about the personal life of a Labour MP and won the Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy in 1971. Also included in this book is the play "Habeous Corpus", a witty farce set in Brighton's plush area of Hove and "Enjoy" which uncannily foresaw the attitudes to English working-class life now enshrined in the theme parks of the UK. The author of the plays also provides an introduction to the background and writing of each play.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Two classic Alan Bennett dramas, as heard on BBC Radio 4. In A Woman of No Importance, Patricia Routledge plays Margaret Schofield, a woman whose existence has long revolved around the gossip and minutiae of office life. As she recounts the events leading up to her first bout of tummy trouble, there is little hint of the developments ahead - or of the moving portrayal of brave and inevitable decline which writer and performer create between them. Forty Years On, Alan Bennett's most popular stage play, stars Sir John Gielgud, Paul Eddington and Bennett himself. Having been at Albion House for fifty years, man and boy, the Headmaster is now retiring. Taking part in the end-of-term entertainment for the last time, he is outraged to find his beloved standards being mocked. A kaleidoscopic comedy, Forty Years On is part parody and part nostalgia for a fading English tradition.

2 CDs. 2 hrs 13 mins.

Biographie de l'auteur

Alan Bennett is one of Britain's best-loved and most highly acclaimed writers. He has written widely for radio, television and theatre. His latest play, The History Boys, won several awards, including Evening Standard and Critics' Circle Awards for Best Play and the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play. It also won six Tony Awards, including Best Play, following an extremely successful transfer to Broadway. In 2006 Bennett was named Author of the Year at the British Book Awards for Untold Stories, his collection of memoirs and diaries.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Faber & Faber
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0571162843
• ISBN 13: 9780571162840
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible