Birth of Alan Bennett
Birth of Alan Bennett, son of a co-op butcher
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Alan Bennett Biography and Timeline
Follow Alan Bennett through 14 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Alan Bennett, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1934–2015Years on this page
1934
1960
Beyond the Fringe
Collaboration as writer and performer with Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Peter Cook in the satirical revue Beyond the Fringe at the 1960 Edinburgh Festival brings Alan Bennett instant fame
Edinburgh Festival
Collaboration as writer and performer with Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Peter Cook in the satirical revue Beyond the Fringe at the 1960 Edinburgh Festival brings Alan Bennett instant fame
1966
Forty Years On Writing
Alan Bennett wrote Forty Years On, later produced in 1968, satirizing British institutions through a school play.
1968
Forty Years On
Alan Bennetts first stage play Forty Years On
1972
A Day Out
Alan Bennetts play for TV, A Day Out
1977
A Little Outing
Alan Bennetts play for TV, A Little Outing
1982
Intensive Care
Alan Bennetts play for TV, Intensive Care
1983
An Englishman Abroad
Alan Bennetts play for TV, An Englishman Abroad
1987
Talking Heads
Talking Heads, a series of monologues for television which were later performed at the Comedy Theatre in London in 1992. A sextet of poignantly comic pieces, each depicting several stages in the characters decline from an initial state of denial or ignorance of their predicament, through a slow realisation of the hopelessness of their situation, progressing to a bleak or ambiguous conclusion
1991
A Question of Attribution
Alan Bennetts play for TV, A Question of Attribution
2004
History Boys London Premiere
Alan Bennett’s The History Boys premiered at the National Theatre in 2004, exploring education, aspiration and competing approaches to teaching.
2009
The Lady in the Van
The radio play is broadcast on BBC Radio 4, with actress Maggie Smith reprising her role of Miss Shepherd and Alan Bennett playing himself
2015
The Lady in the Van
The film version of The Lady in the Van is based on his experiences with a tramp called Miss Shepherd, who lived on Bennetts driveway in several dilapidated vans for more than fifteen years
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.