Bypassing the Law in a Homeless Vehicle: Alan Bennett’s The Lady in the Van

In The Lady in the Van, British playwright Alan Bennett recounts his two-decade acquaintance with a homeless woman who ended up living in a van in his driveway for 15 years. The story has gone through several incarnations, from Bennett’s diary entries (published 1989) to a stage play (1999) and a fi...

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Main Author: Wibke Schniedermann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture 2017-07-01
Series:On_Culture
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Online Access:https://www.on-culture.org/journal/issue-3/schniedermann-bypassing/