Untold Stories

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Untold Stories by Alan Bennett | Waterstones

Career [ edit ] Bennett (second left) in Beyond the Fringe on Broadway c. 1962 Early career [ edit ] Alan Bennett, perhaps by virtue of having at least potentially crossed some of the chasms of social class that so profoundly divide British society, seems able to comment, often with no more than an occasional word or phrase, on those tentative but agreed assumptions that make us what we are. “Minor writers often convey a more intense flavour of their times than those whose range is broader and concerns more profound.” The highlight was the opening extended essay; a vivid, affecting description of his family and early life. I also grew up as a member of the “respectable” working class, and I can instantly recognize the attitudes of his parents, especially his mother’s aversion to anything “common”. His mother and mine certainly had that in common. Over the course of his distinguished entertainment career, Alan Bennett has received multiple awards and honours, including two BAFTAs, four Laurence Olivier Awards, two Tony Awards, an Academy Award nomination for his film The Madness of King George, and a British Book Award for Author of the Year in 2006. In this four-part collection of his remarkable Untold Stories, the acclaimed writer considers his childhood, career, and the current state of the world with his customary blend of wit and poignancy.At the end [John Gielgud] was given a round of applause by cast and crew, which I felt had not much to do with the quality of the speech so much as his having stayed alive long enough to deliver it". urn:lcp:untoldstories0000benn:lcpdf:17240aa2-2604-4d70-9697-b211e260dc71 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier untoldstories0000benn Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t4cp3xr1v Invoice 1213 Isbn 9780571228317 And you’d be doing yourself a disservice if you passed this one up, at least if you’re an Alan Bennett fan. That’s because there’s actually a lot of good stuff here, including some pretty interesting mini essays that take you behind the scenes of some of Bennett’s theatre productions or that go into the inspirations for various different stories that he’s worked on throughout the years. Alan Bennett: 'I don't fret about posterity. But some things will last' | Alan Bennett". The Guardian . Retrieved 12 February 2022.

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I loved the description of his shy working class parents and his father’s sartorial preferences: "He had two suits: “my suit” and “my other suit” being the one he wore every day, “my other suit” his was best." I also enjoyed rather sarcastic if not candid account of his aunties, who were striving to raise above their class.

The book's preterite flavour is enhanced by its subject matter. Part of it is family history, but much of what remains is the history of particular ways of being English. Being a grammar-school boy at a time when this really meant something; being gay when this was a very long way from being acceptable or even comprehensible; coming from somewhere in particular. Bennett started as a historian and he still writes like one; precisely aware of how people's ways of thought, opportunities and self-expression are shaped by what is going on around them in a wide as well as an immediate sense.