Reply With QuoteHopefully some of it will be devoted to their collaboration on Night Mail - didn't they have some sort of falling out after it?
Michael Gambon and Alex Jennings will plays repectively W H Auden and Benjamin Britten in Alan Bennett's new play for the National Theatre provisionally entitled The Habit Of Art, the play is due to open in November.
Looks like a Christmas treat
name='dpgmel']Michael Gambon and Alex Jennings will plays repectively W H Auden and Benjamin Britten in Alan Bennett's new play for the National Theatre provisionally entitled The Habit Of Art, the play is due to open in November.
Looks like a Christmas treat
Alan Bennett is one of my favourite writers, he's what some folk would call a national treasure. Has he been knighted yet? It's long overdue, or is he still classed as "a bit anti-establishment " because he sees through all the crap and just tells it like it is?
name='samkydd']Alan Bennett is one of my favourite writers, he's what some folk would call a national treasure. Has he been knighted yet? It's long overdue, or is he still classed as "a bit anti-establishment " because he sees through all the crap and just tells it like it is?
He actually declined a knighthood in 1996 haveing a few earlier also declined a CBE.
As you say a national treasure, went to see his " Enjoy " recently and it was oh so impressive
name='samkydd']Alan Bennett is one of my favourite writers, he's what some folk would call a national treasure. Has he been knighted yet? It's long overdue, or is he still classed as "a bit anti-establishment " because he sees through all the crap and just tells it like it is?
IIRC he has declined a knighthood.
name='Mr Sloane']IIRC he has declined a knighthood.
Probably because .......Good on you Mr Bennett.name='samkydd']he is still "a bit anti-establishment " because he sees through all the crap and just tells it like it is.
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