Backing into the Limelight
The Biography of Alan Bennett
Published on 10. July 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-7472-6661-7 (ISBN)
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Headline Publishing Group
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
16 b&w photos
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
250 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7472-6661-7 (9780747266617)
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Person
Alex Games was the comedy critic of the Evening Standard until 2001 and reviews comedy for GLR and in the Sunday Times. He is the author of an illustrated biography of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.