Alan bennett books and plays

Bennett attended Leeds Modern School and gained a scholarship to Exeter College, Oxford, where he received an undergraduate degree in history in His fledgling career as a junior lecturer in history at Magdalen College, Oxford, was cut short after he enjoyed enormous success with the comedy revue Beyond the Fringe in It was followed by numerous plays, films, and television serials as well as several pieces for radio. In 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 as the Society of West End Theatre Awards. Set in Yorkshire in the s, the play featured a clash of values between two teachers coaching a class of state-school boys through their university entrance examinations.