Bennett’s first play, Forty Years On, was produced in 1968 and starred John Gielgud. Entitled The Madness of King George (1994), the film received four Academy Award nominations: for Bennett's writing and the performances of Nigel Hawthorne and Helen Mirren.

In 1987 Talking Heads, a series of monologues for television, made him a household name and earned him the first of six Laurence Olivier Awards (annual theatre awards established in 1976 as the Society of West End Theatre Awards). His drama, "The Lady in The Van", performed at the Queen's Theatre was nominated for a, In 1963, won a Special Tony Award, along with his "Beyond the Fringe" co-stars, He was awarded the Society's Special Award at the. And I enjoy that. His television play The Old Crowd includes shots of the director and technical crew. Alan Bennett Biography Author and actor Alan Bennett was born in Armley in Leeds, Yorkshire in 1934. A best-selling collection of his diaries and reminiscences, titled Writing Home, appeared in 1994. Alan Bennett, (born May 9, 1934, Leeds, Yorkshire, England), British playwright who was best known for The Madness of George III (1991) and The History Boys (2004).


Bennett adapted his 1991 play The Madness of George III for the cinema. He is famous for being a Screenwriter. A second set of six Talking Heads followed a decade later, which was darker and more disturbing. This can be seen in his television plays for LWT from the early 1970s through to his work for the BBC in the early 1980s. Lawnswood School dedicated its library to the writer after he emerged as a vocal campaigner against public library cuts. His collaboration as writer and performer with Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Peter Cook in the satirical revue Beyond the Fringe at the 1960 Edinburgh Festival brought him instant fame. Jon C. Hopwood, Other Works There's been something of both in my life, but not enough of either.
He allegedly refused the honour of a Knighthood in 1996. Alan Bennett Biography, Life, Interesting Facts Alan Bennett is regarded as one of the best playwright, screenwriter, author and actor in the history of British cinema. [on the story that he had also had a relationship with a woman] The press - I think it was the Mail - got wind of it. [12] In December that year, Cocktail Sticks, an autobiographical play by Bennett, premièred at the National Theatre as part of a double bill with the monologue Hymn. Then they introduced that format there! [19], In 1988, Bennett declined the award of Commander of the Order of the British Empire and in 1996 declined a knighthood.[20]. His work fearlessly scrutinized the British class system, propriety, and England’s north-south cultural divide with results that were simultaneously chilling and hilarious. Bennett's critically acclaimed The History Boys won three Laurence Olivier Awards in 2005, for Best New Play, Best Actor (Richard Griffiths), and Best Direction (Nicholas Hytner), having previously won Critics' Circle Theatre Awards and Evening Standard Awards for Best Actor and Best Play. It was Bennett’s diversity of talent that delighted audiences and led critics to hail him as one of the premier playwrights of the day.