Alan Bennett(I)
- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Alan Bennett is an award-winning dramatist and screenwriter who is best
known as a member of
Beyond the Fringe (1964)
(a satirical review that was a hit on both the London stage and on
Broadway and featured fellow members
Peter Cook,
Jonathan Miller and
Dudley Moore) and for his plays
La folie du roi George (1994)
and History Boys (2006).
Bennett and Miller also collaborated on the TV sketch show
On the Margin (1966).
In 1995, Bennett was nominated for an Academy Award for his adaptation of his own play "The Madness of King George." He has declined a knighthood and an honorary doctorate from Oxford University.
In 1995, Bennett was nominated for an Academy Award for his adaptation of his own play "The Madness of King George." He has declined a knighthood and an honorary doctorate from Oxford University.
