Alan Bennett is an English playwright known for his work film, theatre and television.
He has received various awards for his work in film, television and theatre. For film he earned an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nomination for The Madness of King George (1994). He also received four British Academy Film Award nominations for A Private Function (1984), Prick Up Your Ears (1987), and The Madness of King George (1994), winning Outstanding British Film for the latter. For his work on television he has received eight British Academy Television Awards for Talking Heads (1989), Screen Two (1992), and Talking Heads 2 winning for the latter.
For his work in theatre he has received four competitive Laurence Olivier Awards for his work on the West End. He won for Single Spies in 1990, Talking Heads in 1992, and The History Boys in 2005. That same year he received the Society of London Theatre Special Award. He has also received two Tony Awards for his work on the Broadway stage. He won a Special Tony Award in 1963 for Beyond The Fringe alongside Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, and Dudley Moore. He also won Best Play for The History Boys in 2005. He also won a Drama Desk Award, five Evening Standard Theatre Awards, three New York Drama Critics Circle Awards, two London Film Critics Circle Awards, and an Outer Critics Circle Award.
Major associations
Academy Awards
BAFTA Awards
Laurence Olivier Awards
Tony Awards
Theatre awards
Critics' Circle Theatre Award
Drama Desk Award
Evening Standard Award
New York Drama Critics Circle
Outer Critics Circle Award
Miscellaneous awards
Bodley Medla
Bollinger Prize
British Book Award
British Comedy Award
GLAAD Award
Hawthornden Prize
JR Ackerley Prize
London Film Critics Circle
Samuel Johnson Prize
References
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- ^ "49th British Academy Film Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
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- ^ "1992 British Academy Televisio Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
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- ^ "1990 Laurence Olivier Awards". Officiallondontheatre.com. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
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- ^ "2000 Laurence Olivier Awards". Officiallondontheatre.com. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
- ^ "2005 Laurence Olivier Awards". Officiallondontheatre.com. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
- ^ "History Boys celebrates comprehensive Tony triumph". The Guardian. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
- ^ "Triumph for Alan Bennett as 'History Boys' wins six Tonys and equals 50-year record". The Independent. Retrieved April 16, 2022.