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In 1974, the homeless Miss Shepherd moved her broken down van into Alan Bennett's garden. Deeply eccentric and stubborn to her bones, Miss Shepherd was not an easy tenant. And Bennett, despite inviting her in the first place, was a reluctant landlord. And yet she lived there for fifteen years. This account of those years was first published in 1989 in the London Review of Books. The play premiered in 1999, directed by Nicholas Hytner and starring Dame Maggie Smith, who reprise their roles in this new film adaptation. Shot on location at Bennett's house, Alex Jennings plays the author, alongside household names including Frances de la Tour, Jim Broadbent and Dominic Cooper.
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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 DramatistsPeople
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Originally published: London: London Review of Books, 1989.
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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.
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