Talking Heads: Alan Bennett's Six Classic Monologues

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. * Date of Publication: 1998* Publisher: "BBC" Worldwide Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Slight impact marks to rear cover. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: A number of b/w photographs within text throughout.* Pages: 93 pp. text. iii pp. advertisements & blank pages at rear.* Product Description:- Six monologues written for television, each in its own way reflecting Alan Bennett's observant view of the British way of life. Alan Bennett's award-winning series of six television monologues, Talking Heads, may have been first aired in 1988, but over a thirty years later it is still impossible to read these deeply moving and affectionate scripts without hearing the voices of the actors who played them. Maggie Smith as the alcoholic vicar's wife finding a semblance of happiness in an affair with an Indian shop owner, Patricia Routledge as the poisonous neighbour, Julie Walters as the over-the-hill dolly bird auditioning for a porn film and of course Thora Hird as Doris, the old lady alone in her home having fallen and broken her hip. All great performances and all made possible by Bennett's wonderfully observant and poignant scripts. * This is a FINE copy of the 1st./1st. with minimal shelf wear to covers.*