Author: BENNETT, ALAN
Title: Writing Home
Description: London, Faber and Faber. 1994, First Edition. (ISBN: 0571173888). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy which has age toning to closed edges with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xiv + 417 pages. 51 illustrations. The book includes the diary Alan Bennett kept during the production of his first play, Forty Years On, which starred Sir John Gielgud, together with hilarious accounts of the filming of his many television plays, notably An Englishman Abroad and a Private Function. The book brings together the talks, diaries and occasional journalism that he has written over 20 years or so, mostly for the BBC or the London Review of Books. At the heart of the book is Bennett's story The Lady in the Van, the true account of Miss Mary Shepherd, a homeless tramp who took up residence in his garden and stayed for 15 years. After her death in 1989 he describes how he unravelled her history to uncover the tragedy that had reduced her to life on the streets and brought her to Camden Town. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.865 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST D4D. Near Fine/Har.

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