Talking Heads
  • Published: 3 December 2007
  • ISBN: 9781846072598
  • Imprint: BBC Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $24.99
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Talking Heads

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The complete collection of classic monologues from the master of observation

Alan Bennett sealed his reputation as the master of observation with this series of 12 groundbreaking monologues, originally filmed for BBC Television.

At once darkly comic, tragically poignant and wonderfully uplifting, Talking Heads is widely regarded as a modern classic.

This edition, which contains the complete collection of Talking Heads, as well as his earlier monologue, A Woman of No Importance, is a celebration of Alan Bennett's finest work.
  • Published: 3 December 2007
  • ISBN: 9781846072598
  • Imprint: BBC Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $24.99
Categories:

About the author

Alan Bennett

Alan Bennett's television series Talking Heads has become a modern-day classic, as have many of his works for the stage, including Forty Years On, The Lady in the Van, The Madness of George III (together with the Oscar-nominated screenplay The Madness of King George) and an adaptation of The Wind in the Willows. The History Boys won the Evening Standard and Critics' Circle awards for Best Play, The Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play and the South Bank Award.

Also by Alan Bennett

Getting On
Alan Bennett: Keeping On Keeping On
Alan Bennett: Stories
Alan Bennett: Plays
The Complete Talking Heads
The Lady in the Van
Smut Two Unseemly Stories The Greening Of Mrs Donaldson & The Shielding Of Mrs Forbes
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Praise for Talking Heads

Talking Heads places Alan Bennett in the highest tier of English dramatic writers

New York Times

His finest achievement - indeed masterpiece wouldn't be too strong a word

The Daily Telegraph

Bennett's genius is his ability to satirize humanely. [His] prose is like stained glass: if you stare at it, you see things you missed

New York Times Book Review

It's hardly a revelation to say that Alan Bennett has proved himself a master of the modern dramatic monologue... One of the finest dramatic achievements of the past few decades.

Scotsman
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