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Thursday Jul 9 | The Age

TV highlights, Friday July 10

Rhys Ifans plays a troubled Welsh farmer in Hugo Blick's Last Word Monologues . Photo: .? Baby Cow 2008 Gordon Farrer July 10, 2009 The Last Word Monologues: Rhys Ifans ABC1, 10pm IN THE tradition of Alan Bennett's brilliant Talking Heads series of dramatic monologues comes this excellent three-part series by Hugo Blick.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Trial & Retribution, Rhys Ifans, Vocal

Fri Jul 03, 2009

Western morning News

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IS THERE anything new in the theatre? Patrons of a certain age, like me, will remember the intimate revues of earlier years when a group of performers presented a programme of songs, dances and sketches.

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Related Topix: Beyond the Fringe, Comedy Movies, Jonathan Miller, Dudley Moore

Mon Jun 22, 2009

SeacoastOnline

The Music Hall announces new National Theatre of London titles

The Music Hall announced today the balance of the 2009-2010 lineup in the new international partnership - National Theatre of London HD Broadcast Series.

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Related Topix: Short, London, Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Animation Movies, Hamlet, Music!, Thriller, Crime Movies, Family, Helen Mirren, Beyond the Fringe, Comedy Movies

Liverpool Daily Post

Liverpool's Actors' Studio takes on Talking Heads

THREE of Alan Bennett's popular Talking Heads monologues are being performed at Liverpool's Actors' Studio this month.

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Related Topix: Vocal, Thora Hird, Patricia Routledge

Wed Jun 17, 2009

The Ashland Daily Tidings

Helena de Crespo's brilliant monologue in 'Shirley Valentine' is a must-see show

Some two years ago, Oregon Stage Works presented "Talking Heads," three playlets by British playwright Alan Bennett, brilliantly interpreted by Helena de Crespo, who enchanted audiences.

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Related Topix: Vocal, Theater, Arts

Mon Jun 15, 2009

The Huffington Post

Brad Schreiber: 30 Years of Mocking and Rocking

June 2009 marks the 30th anniversary of the pioneering Secret Policeman's Ball series of benefit shows for Amnesty International.

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Related Topix: Activism, John Cleese, Beyond the Fringe, Comedy Movies, Jonathan Miller, Peter Cook

Thu Jun 11, 2009

Clitheroe Today

Alan Bennett monologues staged at Clitheroe

TWO of Alan Bennett's best-known monologues will be staged in Clitheroe on Saturday night.

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Related Topix: Lancashire County, England, World News, United Kingdom, Vocal

Tue Jun 02, 2009

Potomac News

Barbera s Best Bets

On stage: - The Elden Street Players present Alan Bennett's Tony Award-winning drama, The History Boys, beginning Friday.

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Related Topix: Vocal, Washington, DC, Entertainment

Sat May 30, 2009

The Independent

Sir Alan? Oh no, it'd be like wearing a suit every day

The playwright and author Alan Bennett has revealed for the first time the reason for his steadfast refusal to accept an honour from the Queen.

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Related Topix: Beyond the Fringe, Comedy Movies, History Movies, Drama Movies, The Madness of King George, Vocal

The New York Times

Why Cana t We Talk Like This?

How many people have you met whose conversation is instantly publishable? There can never be more than a handful of such people living at any given time.

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Related Topix: Beyond the Fringe, Comedy Movies, Jonathan Miller, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore

Fri May 29, 2009

Coleraine Today

Talking Heads and Other Parts at Riverside Theatre

TALKING Heads.. And Other Parts is an evening dedicated to the work of Britain's favourite living writer, Alan Bennett including Bed Among the Lentils performed by Caitriona Mullan and A Chip in the Sugar performed by Jeremy Lewis.

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Related Topix: Vocal, Patricia Routledge

Wed May 20, 2009

Milford Mercury

Sir Jonathan Miller will take you beyond the fringe

Barely a stone will remain unturned when one of the worlda TMs most eminent directors of theatre, opera and film appears on stage at the Torch Theatre tonight, inviting his audience to join him on a journey Beyond the Fringe.

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Related Topix: Beyond the Fringe, Comedy Movies, Jonathan Miller, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Drama Movies, Long Day's Journey Into Night

Sat May 09, 2009

Telegraph.co.uk

Alan Bennett: A writer who endures an embarrassment of talents

An acute eye for our foibles and fumblings has made him one of Britain's best-loved observers.

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Thu May 07, 2009

MediaGuardian.co.uk

National treasure? Not really

Bennett is a sharp-eyed satirist of contemporary England; it's time we stopped treating him like a warm tea cosy Comments None of this nancy rubbish ... Alan Bennett.

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Related Topix: Beyond the Fringe, Comedy Movies, Vocal

Guardian Unlimited

Birthday boy

Alan Bennett, who turns 75 on Saturday, is a writer who captures the nuances of English life like no other.

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Related Topix: Beyond the Fringe, Comedy Movies, Vocal, Sardinia, NY, West Yorkshire County, England, World News, United Kingdom, Maggie Smith

Sun May 03, 2009

HeraldTribune.com

'Talking Heads' offers dry humor

Published: Sunday, May 3, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, May 1, 2009 at 12:06 p.m. "Talking Heads," by Alan Bennett.

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Related Topix: Vocal, Theater, Arts

Fri Apr 24, 2009

Playbill

Gambon and Jennings to Star in New Bennett Play The Habit of Art

Michael Gambon and Alex Jennings will play WH Auden and Benjamin Britten, respectively, in the world premiere of Alan Bennett's new play, provisionally titled The Habit of Art , which is due to receive its premiere at the National's Lyttelton Theatre in November.

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Related Topix: Animation Movies, The Wind in the Willows, Family, Adventure, Michael Gambon, Short, London, Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Alex Jennings, Britten, Classical

Thu Apr 23, 2009

West Sussex Observer

THEATRE: Bennett's the inspiration as Deborah takes her own monologues to the stage

The great Alan Bennett is an inspiration for Hunston's Deborah Amor, who is directing four of her own monologues for the Arundel Players.

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Related Topix: Vocal

Fri Apr 17, 2009

Chicago Sun-Times

Top of the class

The very fact that TimeLine Theatre managed to snag the rights for the Chicago premiere of Alan Bennett's "The History Boys" -- winner of the 2005 Olivier Award for Best New Play and the Tony Award for Best Play of the 2006 Broadway season -- says a great deal about this company.

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Related Topix: Beyond the Fringe, Comedy Movies, Chicago Metro, Drama Movies, This Happy Breed, Noel Coward, Theater, Arts, Entertainment

Mon Mar 16, 2009

Telegraph.co.uk

Russell Tovey interview: A History Boy with a big future

As his new play, A Miracle, opens Russell Tovey reveals how a Billericay boy became friends with Alan Bennett Previous of Images Actor Russell Tovey, who starred in the History Boys Photo: JEFF GILBERT L to R: ...

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Related Topix: Russell Tovey, Little Dorrit, Drama, Dominic Cooper, James Corden

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