Allelujah! by Alan Bennett Paperback Book

Description: Allelujah! by Alan Bennett - What were you in life?- In life, as you put it, I was a schoolmaster.The Beth, an old fashioned cradle-to-grave hospital serving a town on the edge of the Pennines, is threatened with closure as part of an NHS efficiency drive. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description - What were you in life?- In life, as you put it, I was a schoolmaster.The Beth, an old fashioned cradle-to-grave hospital serving a town on the edge of the Pennines, is threatened with closure as part of an NHS efficiency drive. As Dr Valentine and Sister Gilchrist attend to the patients, a documentary crew, eager to capture its fight for survival, follows the daily struggle to find beds on the Dusty Springfield Geriatric Ward. Meanwhile, the old peoples choir, in readiness for next weeks concert, is in full swing, augmented by the arrival of Mrs Maudsley, aka Pudsey Nightingale.Alan Bennetts Allelujah! opened at the Bridge Theatre, London, in July 2018.With an introduction by Alan Bennett. Author Biography Alan Bennett has been one of our leading dramatists since the success of Beyond the Fringe in the 1960s. His television series Talking Heads has become a modern-day classic, as have many of his works for the stage including Forty Years On, The Lady in the Van (together with the screenplay), A Question of Attribution, The Madness of George III (together with the Oscar-nominated screenplay The Madness of King George), and an adaptation of Kenneth Grahames The Wind in the Willows. At the National Theatre, London, The History Boys (also a screenplay) won numerous awards including Evening Standard and Critics Circle awards for Best Play, an Olivier for Best New Play and the South Bank Award. On Broadway,The History Boys won five New York Drama Desk Awards, four Outer Critics Circle Awards, a New York Drama Critics Award, a New York Drama League Award and six Tonys. The Habit of Art opened at the National in 2009; in 2012, People, as well as the two short plays Hymn and Cocktail Sticks, was also staged there.His latest collection of prose, Keeping On Keeping On, was published in 2016. Of his two previous collections, Writing Home was a number one bestseller and Untold Stories won the PEN/Ackerley Prize for autobiography, 2006. Bennetts Six Poets, Hardy to Larkin, An Anthology, was published in 2014. His fiction includes The Uncommon Reader and Smut: Two Unseemly Stories., ALAN BENNETT has been a leading dramatist since Beyond the Fringe in the 1960s. His works for stage and screen include Talking Heads, Forty Years On, The Lady in the Van, A Question of Attribution, The Madness of George III, an adaptation of The Wind in the Willows, The History Boys, The Habit of Art, People, Hymn and Cocktail Sticks. His previous collections of prose are Writing Home and Untold Stories (PEN/Ackerley Prize, 2006). Six Poets contains Bennetts selection of English verse, accompanied by his commentary. Recent fiction includes The Uncommon Reader and Smut: Two Unseemly Stories. Details ISBN0571349854 Author Alan Bennett Year 2018 ISBN-10 0571349854 ISBN-13 9780571349852 Media Book Publication Date 2018-07-19 Publisher Faber & Faber Pages 112 UK Release Date 2018-07-19 Imprint Faber & Faber Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2018-07-19 NZ Release Date 2018-07-19 Edition Description Main Format Paperback DEWEY 822.914 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:123565187;

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