The Complete Talking HeadsPicador, 1. apr. 2010 - 208 sider 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. In A Chip in the Sugar, a man's life begins to unravel when he discovers his aging mother has rekindled an old flame. In A Lady of Letters, a busybody pays a price for interfering in her neighbor's life. |
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... actually broken – stuck anyway—but it's where management tend to foregather since we've had this absurd 'All Barriers Down' policy. Once upon a time management had tables roped off.That's gone, only they still congregate there ...
... actually switched the machine off. And, knowing Trevor Slattery, Mr Skidmore had probably asked him to do it first thing and he'd only just got round to it. I know Mr Skidmore: courtesy is his middle name. But it did mean I didn't get ...
... actually been feeling a lot better when I went along to see Mr Penry-Jones. He's got one of those big double-fronted houses in Park Square: vast rooms, wicked to heat. There was just one other woman in the waiting room, smartish, looked ...
... actually mention the steak bits, and it was a beautiful carpet.Then he looked out of the window and asked me one or two questions about my bowels. I said, 'I believe your wife has a lot to do with the Music Festival. He said, 'Yes,' I ...
... Actually I found out later her toenails had been cut. Apparently Nurse Conkie must have cut them the same day as she cut mine, the day before yesterday, only Mrs Maudsley wouldn't know because she's no feeling in her feet. Mrs ...
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A Chip in the Sugar | 41 |
Bed Among the Lentils | 55 |
A Lady of Letters | 69 |
Her Big Chance | 81 |
Soldiering On | 95 |
A Cream Cracker Under the Settee | 107 |
The Hand of God | 135 |
Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet | 145 |
Playing Sandwiches | 159 |
The Outside Dog | 171 |
Nights in the Gardens of Spain | 183 |
Waiting for the Telegram | 195 |
The Cast | 205 |
Introduction to Talking Heads 2 | 119 |