Cream Cracker Under The Settee

[Bbbananas]

Alan Bennett, the Yorkshire Playwright - Is he still alive & kicking? Cos I could have sworn I saw him in Norfolk last week. Sat on a wooden rocking chair in the corner of a craft workshop in Morston Quay.

I wanted to approach him & say "Mr Bennett, I loved your Cream Cracker Under the Settee." But, if it wasn't him, then I would have felt a bit of a fool, wouldn't I? ;-)

[scotman]

as far as I know, yes, he is still alive.

[Bbbananas]

Darn - I bet it was him. I wish I'd said something now.

[Jemisa]

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The normally reclusive Alan Bennett, age 77 one of the country's most respected playwrights, yesterday stunned friends and colleagues by revealing that he had battled colon cancer for years.

Jem

[Bbbananas]

Let's hope he wins the war eh?

I loved his Talking Heads series. Especially the ones with Thora Hird, Julie Walters or Alan Bennett himself.

[screien]

its sound Magical
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[starone]

Wish they would repeat it. But they only repeat rubbish don't they?

[emmie]

Could be him, quirky little man, rather doormouse type, but with razor sharp brain. I have loved his work for years, the monologues, often very sad but illuminating.

[Bbbananas]

It definitely looked like him Em, but if it was, bearing in mind what Jem said, he looked remarkably well.

[emmie]

hope thats the case, we can't have another national treasure popping his clogs, now can we. Time to start repeating his many works i think, and get rid of the rubbish that pervades our tv screens, that passes for entertainment.

[Dee Sa]

I like the passages about his rather-well a little bit - strange parents.

[sadielady]

salla You can buy the Complete Talking Heads Series on Amazon for £9.99

[sadielady]

Should have said on DVD

[hc4361]

He is intensely private and probably much prefers to be left alone.
You could of course write to him.

[emmie]

He lives in Camden North London, and is still alive, not sure if you actually saw him, but anything is possible.

[ladybirder]

Salla I used to see him quite often in North Yorkshire, usually with a very beautiful looking young man. He's quite tall. And I spent "An Evening with Alan Bennett" in Harrogate a few years ago. He really is a treasure.