La señora Donaldson es una viuda reciente, de cincuenta y cinco años, con una hija casada, puritana e insoportablemente convencional que pretende que su madre viva reverenciando la memoria de un difunto marido muy aburrido. Aburrimiento cont...
La dama de la furgoneta és una història real i commovedora. Durant els anys 70 i 80, al costat de la casa de Camden de lescriptor Alan Bennett, hi vivia una vella dama amb la seva furgoneta. Després duna sèrie dincidents, Miss...
Un dia qualsevol al Palau de Buckingham la Reina descobreix, aparcada, la biblioteca mòbil de Westminster, una furgoneta antiquada amb un bibliotecari també antiquat. Una mica obligada per les circumstàncies, la Reina s'emporta...
Si sus perros hubieran respondido a su llamada, la reina no habría descubierto el vehículo de la biblioteca móvil del ayuntamiento aparcado junto a las puertas de las cocinas del palacio. Y no habría conocido a Norman, el joven...
Amb una mà al davant i l'altra al darrere és la primera novel·la d'Alan Bennett, autor molt conegut a casa nostra per la seva brillant i celebradíssima Una lectora poc corrent. Els Ransome són una parella convencional,...
És un dia qualsevol al Palau de Buckingham i els gossos de la Reina no paren de bordar cap a una banda del jardí per on ella no acostuma a passejar. Seguint-los, la Reina descobreix, aparcada, la biblioteca mòbil de Westminster, una...
- What were you in life?. - In life, as you put it, I was a schoolmaster.. The Beth, an old fashioned cradle-to-grave hospital serving a town on the edge of the Pennines, is threatened...
Already a bestseller, this is a wonderfully entertaining collection of Alan Bennett's prose writings. Writing Home brings together diaries, reminiscences and reviews to give us a unique and unforgettable portrait of one of England's leading
The media continues to perpetuate the same tired, old investing principles, and naïve investors are led by the nose to one catastrophic loss after another (2008, 2000, 1987, 1973, etc..).
Doris and Doreen are comfortably installed in an obscure department of a large organization. On a normal day they keep busy by flirting with nice Mr Tidmarsh in Appointments or pursuing their feud over a plug with Mr Cunliffe in Personnel. This is not...
The antics at the Wicksteed home are a satirical merry-go-round. Family, friends and the sexual satisfaction of the "corpus" (body) are the ruling passions in this farcical comedy of ill-manners. Through a dance of mistaken identities and carnal...
The Social Services Department of the council ispreparing a register of the elderly in the area andeager but green June Potter (recently transferredfrom Transport) is despatched to gatherinformation while obtaining some hands-onexperience. Mam and Dad...
This ingenious adaptation of the classic childrenâs novel created a sensation at the National Theatre of Great Britain. Here are Badger, Rat, Mole and Toad of Toad Hall in the familiar tale with a contemporary slant. Script and songbook...
Muriel's husband Ralph has just died, leaving her rather well off - until, that is, her son Giles gets his hands on the money and Muriel comes out the loser. Eventually, neglected by Giles and no longer needed by her disturbed daughter Margaret- whose...