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Title: ALAN BENNETT UNTOLD STORIES
PART 4: A COMMON ASSAULT
By: Alan Bennett, Alan Bennett
Format: CD-Audio

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ISBN 10: 1846071631
ISBN 13: 9781846071638
Publisher: BBC AUDIO, A DIVISION OF RANDOM HOUSE
Pub. date: 4 September, 2006
Edition: WW
Description: Part of "Untold Stories", a collection of prose by Allen Bennett, this work contains two reminiscences from Bennett's life and an essay on the class system. It describes an incident in Italy when he was mugged, and found himself trying to give a statement to the police in bad Italian.
Synopsis: This is the fourth recording from 'Untold Stories', containing 'A Common Assault', 'The History Boys' and 'Arise, Sir...' 'Untold Stories', Alan Bennett's first major collection of prose since his bestselling 'Writing Home', brings together the finest and funniest of his writing over the last ten years. After 'Untold Stories: Part 1: Stories', 'Part 2: The Diaries' and 'Part 3: Written on the Body', 'Part 4: A Common Assault' contains two more reminiscences from Bennett's life and an essay on the class system. 'A Common Assault' describes an incident in Italy when he was mugged, and found himself trying to give a statement to the police in bad Italian. 'The History Boys' harks back once more to Bennett's time at school, and shows how the raw material of experience was eventually transformed into the highly-acclaimed stage play 'The History Boys'. 'Arise, Sir...', finishes on a light-hearted note, in which Bennett muses on the Honours List in typically iconoclastic mode.2 CDs. 2 hrs 24 mins.
Publication: UK
Imprint: BBC Physical Audio
Returns: Returnable
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A LIFE LIKE OTHER PEOPLE'S
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A PRIVATE FUNCTION
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A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE (PB)
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ALAN BENNETT AT THE BBC (CD)
ALAN BENNETT BOX SET
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ALAN BENNETT, THREE PLAYS (CD)
ALAN BENNETT: FOUR STORIES (CD)
ALAN BENNETT: KEEPING ON KEEPING ON (CD)
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ALAN BENNETT: STORIES (CD)
ALAN BENNETT: THE DIARIES (CD)
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ALLELUJAH! (HB)
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AN ENGLISH EYE (PB)
AN ENGLISHMAN ABROAD (CD)
ANIMAL FARM (AUD)
ART AND YORKSHIRE (PB)
BED AMONG THE LENTILS (PB)
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COCKTAIL STICKS (CD)
CODPIECES (PB)
COMPLETE "TALKING HEADS" (PB)
COMPLETE BEYOND THE FRINGE (PB)
COMPLETE TALKING HEADS
DENTON WELCH (PB)
ENJOY (PB)
FATHER! FATHER! BURNING BRIGHT
FATHER! FATHER! BURNING BRIGHT (CD)
FORTY YEARS ON (CD)
FORTY YEARS ON (CD)
FORTY YEARS ON (PB)
FOUR STORIES
FOUR STORIES (HB)
FOUR STORIES (PB)
FRANK MATCHAM & CO. (HB)
GETTING ON (CD)
GETTING ON (PB)
GLI STUDENTI DI STORIA
GREEN FORMS (PB)
HABEAS CORPUS (PB)
HABEAS CORPUS (PB)
HER BIG CHANCE (PB)
HISTORY BOYS (HB)
HISTORY BOYS FILM TIE-IN (HB)
HOGARTH'S MARRIAGE A-LA-MODE
HOUSE ARREST (HB)
HYMN
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IL NODO WINDSOR. SUA MAESTA LA REGINA INDAGA
INVEST WITH YOUR EYES NOT YOUR EARS (PB)
KAFKA'S DICK (PB)
KAFKA'S DICK (PB)
KEEPING ON KEEPING ON
KEEPING ON KEEPING ON (HB)
KEEPING ON KEEPING ON (HB)
KEEPING ON KEEPING ON (PB)
KEEPING ON KEEPING ON (PB)
LA DAMA DE LA FURGONETA (PB)
LA DAME A LA CAMIONNETTE
LA MISE A NU DES EPOUX RANSOME (PB)
LA REINE DES LECTRICES (PB)
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MEETING THE DEVIL
MEETING THE DEVIL (HB)
MEETING THE DEVIL (PB)
OFFICE SUITE (PB)
OLD COUNTRY (PB)
PARACHUTE TO BERLIN
PEOPLE
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PEOPLE (HB)
PEOPLE (PB)
POWER PYRAMID OF ABRAMELIN (PB)
POWER WINDOWS (PB)
PRICK UP YOUR EARS (PB)
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ROLLING HOME
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SAY SOMETHING HAPPENED (PB)
SHIELDING OF MRS FORBES
SIGNORE E SIGNORI
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SIX POETS
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SIX POETS: HARDY TO LARKIN
SIX POETS: HARDY TO LARKIN
SIX POETS: HARDY TO LARKIN (CD)
SIX POETS: HARDY TO LARKIN (HB)
SIX POETS: HARDY TO LARKIN (HB)
SIX POETS: HARDY TO LARKIN (PB)
SMUT
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SMUT (HB)
SMUT (HB)
SMUT (PB)
SMUT (PB)
SMUT (PB)
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TALKING HEADS (HB)
TALKING HEADS (PB)
TALKING HEADS (PB)
TALKING HEADS 2 (CD)
TELLING TALES (CD)
TELLING TALES (HB)
TELLING TALES (PB)
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THE CLOTHES THEY STOOD UP IN (PB)
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THE HISTORY BOYS (CD)
THE HISTORY BOYS (PB)
THE HISTORY BOYS (PB)
THE HISTORY BOYS (PB)
THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER (CD)
THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER (CD)
THE LADY IN THE VAN
THE LADY IN THE VAN
THE LADY IN THE VAN (CD)
THE LADY IN THE VAN (CD)
THE LADY IN THE VAN (HB)
THE LADY IN THE VAN (PB)
THE LADY IN THE VAN (PB)
THE LADY IN THE VAN (PB)
THE LADY IN THE VAN (PB)
THE LADY IN THE VAN (PB)
THE LAYING ON OF HANDS
THE LAYING ON OF HANDS (CD)
THE LIBRARY BOOK (HB)
THE MADNESS OF GEORGE III
THE MADNESS OF GEORGE III (CD)
THE MADNESS OF GEORGE III (PB)
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THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE (PB)
THE OWL AND THE PUSSY-CAT AND OTHER NONSENSE RHYMES (CD)
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THE RED BARON'S LAST FLIGHT (PB)
THE UNCOMMON READER
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THE UNCOMMON READER (HB)
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THE UNCOMMON READER (PB)
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THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
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TWO BESIDES
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