The Lady in the Van
- ISBN-10
- 1781255407
- ISBN-13
- 9781781255407
- Series
- The Lady in the Van
- Category
- Eccentrics and eccentricities
- Pages
- 112
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-10-21
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Author
- Alan Bennett
Description
Film tie in edition of Alan Bennett's classic memoir. For fifteen years, the recalcitrant Miss Shepherd lived in her broken-down van on Alan Bennett's driveway in Camden. Deeply eccentric and stubborn to her bones, Miss Shepherd was not an easy tenant. Bennett, despite inviting her in the first place, was a reluctant landlord, never under the illusion that his impulse was purely charitable. This account of those years was first published in 1989 in the London Review of Books. The play premiered in 1999, direct by Nicholas Hytner and starring Dame Maggie Smith, who reprise those roles in this new film adaptation. Shot on location at Bennett's house, Alex Jennings plays the author, alongside household names including James Corden, Frances de la Tour, Jim Broadbent and Dominic Cooper.
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