Title: The Lady In The Van
First published: 1990
Description: Adapted by the author from his autobiographical memoir, The Lady in the Van tells the story of Miss Mary Shepherd, whom Alan Bennett first came across when she was living in the street near his home in Camden Town. Taking refuge with her van in his garden originally for three months, she ended up staying fifteen years. Funny, touching and unexpectedly spectacular, The Lady in the Van marked the return to the stage of one of our leading playwrights.The Lady in the Van with Maggie Smith opened at the Queen's Theatre, London, in December 1999.
Subjects: Drama, Fiction, Homeless persons, Drama (dramatic works by one author), Middle-aged persons, Married people, Fathers and sons, English Motion picture plays, Lady in the van (Motion picture), English literature, DRAMA / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, PERFORMING ARTS / Screenplays, Eccentrics and eccentricities, Motion picture plays, Homeless women, Biography, Mujeres sin hogar, Biografía, Femmes sans-abri, Biographies, Friends and associates, English Dramatists
People: Shepherd Miss