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A ‘Dorothy Hodgkin of vagabonds, a derelict Nobel Prize-Winner’ (PB 65): The Spectacularisation of Social Invisibility in Alan Bennett’s The Lady in the Van (1989)
Published 2021-11-01“…Before becoming a narrative, a play and, more recently, a film (2015), The Lady in the Van was a fortuitous (non-)event in Alan Bennett’s life. …”
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Bypassing the Law in a Homeless Vehicle: Alan Bennett’s The Lady in the Van
Published 2017-07-01“…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 film adaptation (2015). …”
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