Alan Bennett

Alan Bennett (lahir 9 Mei 1934) adalah seorang dramawan, penulis skenario, dan penulis Inggris. Lahir di Leeds, dia kuliah di Universitas Oxford di mana dia belajar sejarah dan tampil bersama The Oxford Revue. Dia tinggal untuk mengajar dan meneliti sejarah abad pertengahan di universitas selama beberapa tahun. Kolaborasinya sebagai penulis dan pemain dengan Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller dan Peter Cook dalam pertunjukan satir Beyond the Fringe di Festival Edinburgh 1960 membuatnya langsung terkenal. Dia berhenti dari dunia akademis, dan beralih ke menulis penuh waktu, drama panggung pertamanya Forty Years On diproduksi pada tahun 1968. Keluarannya meliputi The Madness of George III dan inkarnasi filmnya The Madness of King George, rangkaian monolog Talking Heads, drama The History Boys, dan buku audio populer, termasuk bacaannya tentang Alice's Adventures in Wonderland dan Winnie-the-Pooh. Deskripsi di atas dari artikel Wikipedia Alan Bennett, berlisensi CC-BY-SA, daftar lengkap kontributor di Wikipedia.

Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English playwright, screenwriter and author. Born in Leeds, he attended Oxford University where he studied history and performed with The Oxford Revue. He stayed to teach and research medieval history at the university for several years. 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. He gave up academia, and turned to writing full time, his first stage play Forty Years On being produced in 1968. His output includes The Madness of George III and its film incarnation The Madness of King George, the series of monologues Talking Heads, the play The History Boys, and popular audio books, including his readings of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Winnie-the-Pooh. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Bennett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.