A Private Function
- ISBN-10
- 057122041X
- ISBN-13
- 9780571220410
- Category
- Drama
- Pages
- 308
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Author
- Alan Bennett
Description
The Old Crowd A Private Function Prick Up Your Ears 102 Boulevard Haussmann The Madness of King George Starring characters as diverse as George III, Marcel Proust, Joe Orton, and a pig called Betty, Alan Bennett's masterful work for the screen gives as much enjoyment in the reading as it did in the viewing. This classic collection contains a new essay by Alan Bennett, besides the original introductions to A Private Function, Prick Up Your Ears and The Madness of King George. Two companion volumes of Alan Bennett's TV plays are published as Me, I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf and Rolling Home.
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