Alan Bennett

The History Boys by Alan Bennett

Single Spies by Alan Bennett

Forty Years On by Alan Bennett

The Madness of George III by Alan Bennett

August 4, 2022 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

If you haven’t read much Alan Bennett, I really recommend him. He’s devilish in the best of ways, and his short novella An Uncommon Reader, is truly wonderful. History Boys – 5/5 This is the famous, Tony-awarding winning, and filmed play by Alan Bennett. In the play, we begin in the 1980s or so with a group of public school boys being instructed in literature, especially poetry in preparation for college entrance exams. The instruction method is chaotic, and seems to be based in the […]

ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING SIGNS. SHE IS IRRATIONAL.

December 26, 2018 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Welcome Home – 4/5 Stars If you haven’t yet, do yourself a favor and pick up a copy of Lucia Berlin’s collected/selected stories “A Manual for Cleaning Ladies” that came out in 2015. This collection of stories is so good and does a thing that I am always amazed by, transcends the recommendations of readers I don’t trust. It was a hot thing for a little while and this is often a dangerous proposition for readers because I don’t really believe a lot of certain […]

The boys of history

March 15, 2015 by bonnie 2 Comments

I’ve heard about The History Boys as a film, and I *believe* the film is on Netflix. The Chancellor saw it and liked it pretty well. So when I realized it had been a play first (thanks to my National Theatre sampler) and that it starred Dominic Cooper (I really, really like him as an actor), I decided that it was time to read it and see if it would be something I could add to my burgeoning teaching syllabus. The History Boys takes places […]

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