The complete audio collection of Alan Bennett's celebrated monologs,
published together for the first time and performed by some of Britain's
best actors. The Talking Heads monologs are widely regarded as one of
Alan Bennett's finest dramatic achievements. First broadcast on BBC TV
and BBC Radio 4 in the 1980s and 1990s, they won a host of awards and
huge popular acclaim, and remain among his most admired works today.This
collection includes all 12 Talking Heads, plus the precursor of that
series, A Woman of No Importance. Beautifully crafted and full of
compassion and wry observation, each tale is ripe with the quirky,
insightful detail that has become Bennett's trademark. The monologs are:
A Woman of No Importance (Patricia Routledge); A Chip in the Sugar (Alan
Bennett); A Lady of Letters (Patricia Routledge); Bed Among the Lentils
(Anna Massey); Soldiering On (Stephanie Cole); Her Big Chance (Julie
Walters); A Cream Cracker Under the Settee (Thora Hird); Miss Fozzard
Finds Her Feet (Patricia Routledge); The Hand of God (Eileen Atkins);
Playing Sandwiches (David Haig); The Outside Dog (Julie Walters); Nights
in the Gardens of Spain (Penelope Wilton); and Waiting for the Telegram
(Thora Hird). Intensely moving, deeply engrossing, and highly
entertaining, these spellbinding soliloquies are essential listening.
