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The classic TV plays of Britain's most popular television writer, collected together in two volumes. Funny, touching and real, these two collections are full of fine observation of life as it is lived. Often imitated but never equalled, Bennett's work is a masterclass in how to write for the small screen. Both volumes contain full introductions from the author, with anecdotes and recollections of filming at the time and looking back now. Me, I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf A Day Out, Sunset Across the Bay, A visit from Miss Prothero, Me, I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Green Forms, The Old Crowd, Afternoon Off

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Alan Bennett first appeared on the stage in 1960 as one of the authors and performers of the revue 'Beyond the Fringe'. His stage plays include Forty Years On, Getting On, Habeas Corpus, The Old Country and The Lady in the Van, and he has written many television plays, notably A Day Out, Sunset Across the Bay, A Woman of No Importance and the series of monologues Talking Heads. An adaptation of his television play, An Englishman Abroad, was paired with A Question of Attribution in the double-bill Single Spies, first produced at the National Theatre in 1988. This was followed in 1990 by his adaptation of The Wind in the Willows and in 1991 by The Madness of George III. Alan Bennett is the author of the best-selling biography Writing Home, and the short novels The Clothes They Stood Up In, Father Father Burning Bright, The Lady in the Van and The L

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