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- catalog abstract ""Alan Bennett is one of England's best-loved playwrights. He is perhaps best known there for the BBC production of his Talking Heads TV plays, while the rest of the world may recognize him for the film adaptation of his play The Madness of King George. Over the last thirty years, Bennett has written ten stage plays, three screenplays, eight television documentaries, and over thirty plays for television. Yet Bennett's work has resisted "serious" reviews in academic publications, as his reputation as a comedic player during the early '60s has saddled him with the label "lovable." Joseph O'Mealy demonstrates that Bennett is a social critic strongly influenced by Beckett and Swift, interested in depicting and analyzing the role playing of everyday life. After providing a general introduction to Bennett as multifaceted playwright and actor, O'Mealy looks in depth at Bennett's oeuvre, starting with A Visit from Miss Prothero and concluding with his most recent production, Waiting for the Telegram."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12327976.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""Alan Bennett is one of England's best-loved playwrights. He is perhaps best known there for the BBC production of his Talking Heads TV plays, while the rest of the world may recognize him for the film adaptation of his play The Madness of King George. Over the last thirty years, Bennett has written ten stage plays, three screenplays, eight television documentaries, and over thirty plays for television. Yet Bennett's work has resisted "serious" reviews in academic publications, as his reputation as a comedic player during the early '60s has saddled him with the label "lovable." Joseph O'Mealy demonstrates that Bennett is a social critic strongly influenced by Beckett and Swift, interested in depicting and analyzing the role playing of everyday life.".
- catalog description "After providing a general introduction to Bennett as multifaceted playwright and actor, O'Mealy looks in depth at Bennett's oeuvre, starting with A Visit from Miss Prothero and concluding with his most recent production, Waiting for the Telegram."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-163) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Who Is Alan Bennett? -- 1. Early Stage Works: From Beyond the Fringe to Habeas Corpus -- 2. Early Television Plays: 1972-1979 -- 3. Deeper North: Enjoy, Objects of Affection, and A Private Function -- 4. Spies and Writers: Burgess, Blunt, Kafka, and Proust -- 5. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life: Talking Heads -- 6. Millennium Approaches: Talking Heads 2 -- 7. Adapting to Stage and Screen: Joe Orton, Mr. Toad, and George III -- 8. Conclusion: In the Van(guard).".
- catalog extent "xxii, 169 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0815335407".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies in modern drama".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Routledge,".
- catalog subject "822/.914 21".
- catalog subject "Bennett, Alan, 1934- Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "PR6052.E5 Z8 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Who Is Alan Bennett? -- 1. Early Stage Works: From Beyond the Fringe to Habeas Corpus -- 2. Early Television Plays: 1972-1979 -- 3. Deeper North: Enjoy, Objects of Affection, and A Private Function -- 4. Spies and Writers: Burgess, Blunt, Kafka, and Proust -- 5. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life: Talking Heads -- 6. Millennium Approaches: Talking Heads 2 -- 7. Adapting to Stage and Screen: Joe Orton, Mr. Toad, and George III -- 8. Conclusion: In the Van(guard).".
- catalog title "Alan Bennett : a critical introduction / Joseph H. O'Mealy.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".