Alan Bennett - Forty Years On - 2000
Alan Bennett Forty Years On 2000 Alan Bennett's acclaimed satirical comedy. Albion House's retiring headmaster is outraged by the school's traditional end-of-year play which is being produced by his successor. The headmaster can only see his beloved standards being mocked. Yet within the parody lies a painful nostalgia fora more peaceful, vanished age. Adapted for Radio by Gordon House Headmaster:….Alan Bennett Matron:…..Eleanor Bron Franklin:……Robert Bathurst Tempest:….Adam Godley MissNisbitt:…..Auriol Smith Teacher:…….Nicholas Boutton Head boy:……Han Goodman Radio voice:……..Gavin Mulr With Hassan Akram, Luke Blackall, Mark Lowen, Nicholas Netzgen,Tom Milner, Marcus Mumford, Hiten Pankhania, Matthew Poulson, Jack Schennum, Ripton Scott, Simon Spiro Director Gordon House Choir boys:……Dominic Conte and Luke Eastman. Original music by Colin Sell, performed by members of the East 15 Acting School Piano:…….Pete Ringrose Afternoon Play: Forty Years On First broadcast: Mon 28th Aug 2000, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.
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Reviews
another brilliant Bennet
Shelly
Firstly,5 stars to whoever uploaded this. I have the C.D. and this is everybody as clear. Listeners of a certain age will remember teachers trying to instill us with the values of the headmaster here and I am ashamed to say I and my schoolmates did belittle them. There is some wonderful subtle humour and poignant nostalgia. The school play sheds a light on many prominent persons and habits of the war years. I suggest you look up the lyrics to the song and you might find yourself examining your life 40 years ago. One of my favourite plays of all time.