Backing into the Limelight: The Biography of Alan Bennett
Publishing Details
Backing into the Limelight: The Biography of Alan Bennett
By (Author) Alexander Games
Headline Publishing Group
Headline Book Publishing
5th October 2001
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Literary studies: plays and playwrights
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
822.914
Physical Properties
312
Width 238mm, Height 161mm, Spine 32mm
635g
Description
Alan Bennett is one of Britain's most successful and popular living writers. He is also one of the last survivors of a generation of rule-breakers and radicals that first found its voice with Beyond the Fringe in 1961. Since then, he has gone on to huge success with his plays (Kafka's Dick, An Englishman Abroad), films (A Private Function, Prick Up Your Ears, The Madness of King George), monologues (Talking Heads) and diaries (Writing Home, The Lady in the Van). In BACKING INTO THE LIMELIGHT, Alex Games examines the life of this intriguing, private man and sheds new light on his work.
Author Bio
Alex Games is the comedy criitic of the Evening Standard and reviews comedy for GLR and in the Sunday Times. He is the author of an illustrated biography of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.
