Beyond the Fringe News

For Americans who have never heard it, the idea is for the selected "presenter" to reveal the music they'd take with them on a desert island.

Two-time Tony winning writer Alan Bennett's new play, People will premiere at the National Theatre in London, reports The Daily News .

In two ribald stories, British playwright Alan Bennett skewers commonly accepted ideas of middle-class decorum, showing that often our dull lives can use a spicy "holiday from respectability" or, as the Brits say, "a one-off." In the first, "The Greening of Mrs Donaldson," Bennett shows us the "loosening of the proprieties" in the life of the ... (more)

"Acting is the most pernicious thing two people can do with each other," one of my college drama professors memorably declared.

RENOWNED playwright, author and actor Alan Bennett has lent his support to a campaign to reopen a disused railway line between Colne and Skipton.