Alan Bennett.
ALAN BENNETT: BIOGRAPHY OF HIS PARENTS
A LIFE LIKE OTHER PEOPLE’S (2009)
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An affectionate biography of his parents by the author and playwright Alan Bennett (born 1934). He gives an entertaining account of his childhood in Leeds, Christmases with his grandmother, and encounters with his aunts Myra and Kathleen. His parents’ lives were touched by the tragedy, notably his mother’s struggle with depression.
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Alan Bennett learned Russian during his National Service, going on to win a scholarship to Exeter College, Oxford, where he obtained a first class degree in history. After Oxford, he joined Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, and Dudley Moore in the revue ‘Bdyond the Fringe’ which started at the Edinburgh Festival and went on to a West End theatre run. He has declined both a CBE and a knighthood. He has had a prolific and distinguished career as an author, and as a playwright for theatre and televison.
