Composers and their stage works 



Alan BENNETT

Born in Leeds, Yorkshire, 9 May 1934.

Stage Works

  1. Beyond the Fringe, with others (produced 1960). 1963.
  2. Forty Years On (produced 1968). 1969.
  3. Sing a Rude Song (additional material), book by Caryl Brahms and Ned Sherrin, music by Ron Grainer (produced 1969).
  4. Getting On (produced 1971). 1972.
  5. Habeas Corpus (produced 1973). 1973.
  6. The Old Country (produced 1977). 1978.
  7. Enjoy (produced 1980). 1980.
  8. Single Spies 1989
  9. An Englishman Abroad (televised 1983; also director: produced 1988).
  10. A Question of Attribution (produced 1988).
  11. A Private Function (screenplay). 1984.
  12. Kafka's Dick (produced 1986).
  13. The Insurance Man (televised 1986).
  14. Prick Up Your Ears (screenplay). 1987.
  15. Talking Heads (includes A Chip in the Sugar, Bed Among the Lentils, A Lady of Letters, Her Big Chance, Soldiering On, A Cream Cracker Under the Settee) (televised 1987; produced 1992).1987
  16. The Wind in the Willows (produced 1990). 1991.
  17. The Madness of George III (produced 1991). 1992.
  18. The History Boys (2004)
SCREENPLAYS:
  • A Private Function, 1984;
  • Prick Up Your Ears, 1987.
  • The Madness of King George III
RADIO PLAYS:
  • Uncle Clarence (a talk) 1986;
  • The Lady in the Van, 1990.
TELEVISION PLAYS:
  1. On the Margin series, 1966;
  2. Day Out, 1972;
  3. Sunset Across the Bay, 1975;
  4. A Little Outing, 1977;
  5. A Visit from Miss Prothero, 1978;
  6. Me, I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf, 1978;
  7. Doris and Doreen, 1978;
  8. The Old Crowd, 1979;
  9. Afternoon Off, 1979;
  10. One Fine Day, 1979;
  11. All Day on the Sands, 1979;
  12. Intensive Care, 1982;
    Objects of Affection (5 plays), 1982;
  13. An Englishman Abroad, 1983;
  14. The Insurance Man, 1986;
  15. Talking Heads (6 monologues), 1987;
  16. 102 Boulevard Haussmann, 1990;
  17. A Question of Attribution, 1991.
CRITICAL STUDY:
  • Beyond the Fringe ... and Beyond: A Critical Biography of Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, and Dudley Moore by Roland Bergan, 1990.