Alan Bennett
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Invited by Morrissey to be part of 2004's Meltdown Festival.
His play: "Forty Years On" contains the line:
"And never more shall be so"
Which was used for the Girlfriend In A Coma vinyl matrix message.
Mentioned In
- Meltdown Festival
- Headful Of Heroes - NME (September 16, 1989)
- The Importance Of Being Morrissey - Channel 4 (June 8, 2003)
- SHAKE THE HAND THAT SHOOK THE HAND - Morrissey Central (January 5, 2024)
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Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934, Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England) is an English playwright, screenwriter, author and actor.
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Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English actor, author, playwright and screenwriter. He has received numerous awards and honours including four BAFTA Awards, four Laurence Olivier Awards, and two Tony Awards. In 2005 he received the Society of London Theatre Special Award. Bennett was born in Leeds and attended Oxford University. He taught medieval history at the university for several years. His work in the satirical revue Beyond the Fringe at the 1960 Edinburgh Festival brought him instant fame and later a Special Tony Award. He turned to writing full time and gained acclaim with his plays at the Royal National Theatre. The following plays were adapted into films: The Madness of King George (1994), The History Boys (2005), and The Lady in the Van (2015).
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