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Talking Heads (BBC Audio) CD

Alan Bennett's award-winning series of six television monologues, Talking Heads, may have been first aired in 1988, but over a decade later it is still impossible to read these deeply moving and affectionate scripts without hearing the voices of the actors who played them. Maggie Smith as the alcoholic vicar's wife finding a semblance of happiness in an affair with an Indian shop owner, Patricia Routledge as the poisonous neighbour, Julie Walters as the over-the-hill dolly bird auditioning for a porn film and of course Thora Hird as Doris, the old lady alone in her home having fallen and broken her hip. All great performances and all made possible by Bennett's wonderfully observant and poignant scripts. Bennett rightly notes in his introduction to the pieces that, maybe apart from Doris, his narrators are artless in that they "don't quite know what they are saying and are telling a story to the meaning of which they are not entirely privy". But through their artlessnes they reveal more about Britain today and the stresses and strains placed upon ordinary people, than any number of docu-soaps that now claim to show us real life. --Nick WroeRead More

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    A collection of series of the author's monologues. It includes 'A Chip in the Sugar', 'A Lady of Letters', 'Bed Among the Lentils', and 'Her Big Chance'.

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    The complete Talking Heads monologues twelve of Alan Bennett's most highly acclaimed and best-loved works. ; ; A Chip in the Sugar performed by Alan Bennett. ; ; A Lady of Letters performed by Patricia Routledge. ; ; Bed Among the Lentils performed by Anna Massey. ; ; Soldiering On performed by Stephanie Cole. ; ; Her Big Chance performed by Julie Walters. ; ; A Cream Cracker Under the Settee performed by Thora Hird. ; ; Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet performed by Patricia Routledge. ; ; The Hand of God performed by Eileen Atkins. ; ; Playing Sandwiches performed by David Haig. ; ; The Outside Dog performed by Julie Walters. ; ; Nights in the Gardens of Spain performed by Penelope Wilton. ; ; Waiting for the Telegram performed by Thora Hird. ; ; Performed by the author and eight of Britain's leading actors Alan Bennett's tales of loneliness and vulnerability are full of quirky insightful detail that bring these twelve memorable characters vividly to life.

  • Pickabook

    Alan Bennett, Alan Bennett

  • 1405688742
  • 9781405688741
  • Alan Bennett
  • 9 October 2008
  • BBC Audiobooks Ltd
  • Audio CD (CD)
  • Audiobook
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