The Lady in the Van - The Complete Edition

Bennett, Alan

ISBN 10: 057132620X / ISBN 13: 9780571326204

Published by Faber & Faber, UK, 2015

About this Item

1st edition, 1st printing hardback in unclipped dustjacket. Book and jacket in fine condition, with no inscriptions. Not a book club edition, ex library or a remainder. Scans available on request.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1787490753077

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Lady in the Van - The Complete Edition
• Publisher: Faber & Faber, UK
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 057132620X
• ISBN 13: 9780571326204
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Dimensions: 16.1W x 21.1H x 2.3D centimeters 16.1 centimeters width by 21.1 centimeters height by 2.3 centimeters depth
• Weight: 405 grams

About this title

Synopsis

Adapted for the screen by the author from his celebrated memoir, Alan Bennett's The Lady in the Van, is directed by long-standing collaborator Nicholas Hytner.

The film tells the true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who 'temporarily' parked her van in Bennett's London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years. Their unique story is funny, poignant and life-affirming.

The Complete Lady in the Van contains a Foreword by Nicholas Hytner, a substantial Introduction with diary entries by Alan Bennett, the original memoir and the screenplay. The book includes numerous illustrations by David Gentleman, who sketched on set throughout filming, and a colour plate-section including behind-the-scenes photographs and stills from the film

About the Author

Alan Bennett has been one of our leading dramatists since the success of Beyond the Fringe in the 1960s. His television series Talking Heads has become a modern-day classic, as have many of his works for the stage and screen including Forty Years On, The Lady in the Van, A Question of Attribution, The Madness of George III and The History Boys.