Untold Stories

Here, at last, is the astonishing sequel to Alan Bennett's classic Writing Home. Untold Stories contains significant unpublished work, including a poignant memoir of his family and of growing up in Leeds, together with his much celebrated diary for the years 1996 - 2004, and numerous other exceptional essays, reviews and comic pieces. Since the success of Beyond the Fringe in the 1960s Alan Bennett has delighted audiences worldwide with his gentle humour and wry observations about life. His many works include Forty Years On, The Lady in the Van, Talking Heads, A Question of Attribution and The Madness of George III. Bennett's most recent play, The History Boys, opened to great acclaim at the National in 2004, and is winner of the Evening Standard Award, the South Bank Award and the Critics' Circle Award for Best New Play. Untold Stories will be published jointly with Profile Books. Currently at the height of his powers, his latest play The History Boys has been a smash award-winning hit at the National Theatre A groundbreaking joint publication with Profile Books, publisher of his novellas Massive publicity campaign across all media - TV, Radio, Press, Magazine Huge advertising campaign nationwide, at train stations and in the press