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"Bed Among the Lentils" is a dramatic monologue written by Alan Bennett in 1987 for television, as part of his Talking Heads series for the BBC. The series became very popular, moving onto BBC Radio, international theatre, becoming one of the best-selling audio book releases of all time and included as part of both the A-level and GCSE English ...
Bed Among the Lentils. Susan, an alcoholic, nervous vicar's wife who has to travel into Leeds to go to the off-licence because of her debts with the local shop keeper, distracts herself from her ambitious, and, as she sees him, vainly insensitive husband and his doting parishioners by conducting an aff... Read all.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Alan Bennett, Stuart Burge
- 1988-05-03
Jul 2, 2020 · Writer: Alan Bennett Director: Nicholas Hytner Bed Among the Lentils is one of Alan Bennett’s very best Talking Heads monologues and if there was any doubt...
"Bed Among the Lentils" is a dramatic monologue written by Alan Bennett in 1987 for television, as part of his Talking Heads series for the BBC. The series became very popular, moving onto BBC Radio, international theatre, becoming one of the best-selling audio book releases of all time and included as part of both the A-level and GCSE English ...
Sep 1, 2020 · The play puts a new spin on the truism that none of us will ever truly know our spouses who often have secret lives. This is a sadder play than Bed Among the Lentils, centering as it does on a betrayal that can’t even be thrashed out properly since the betrayer is dead.
Jun 16, 2020 · Lesley Manville plays Susan in Bed Among The Lentils. Published: 16 June 2020. We identify with the characters even if we are entirely different people to them. And they’re funny. Humour that...
Jan 1, 1998 · Alan Bennett's award-winning series of solo pieces is a classic of contemporary drama, universally hailed for its combination of razor-sharp wit and deeply felt humanity. In Bed Among the Lentils , a vicar's wife discovers a semblance of happiness with an Indian shop owner.
