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The Headmaster has been at Albion House for 50 years, man and boy. Now he is retiring and takes part in the end-of-year entertainment for the last time. Entitled Speak For England, Arthur , it weaves together a multi-generational story of England: the glorious era at the turn of the century, when the summers were always golden; the fast-living inter-war years peopled by the Bloomsbury Group; and the growing cynicism of a country going to war twice in so many decades. Tongue-in-cheek, the play-within-a-play prompts an outraged response from the Headmaster, who can only see his beloved standards being mocked. Yet within the parody lies an almost-painful nostalgia for a more peaceful age and the timeless misunderstanding of one generation by another. Clever, funny, and poignant, Alan Bennett's masterful play is rightly regarded as a modern classic. 2 CDs. 1 hr 44 mins.Product Identifiers
PublisherAudioGO
ISBN-100563477954
ISBN-139780563477952
eBay Product ID (ePID)86471668
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Book TitleForty Years on
Publication Year2000
TopicForm / Parodies, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama, Literary Collections, Humour
AuthorAlan Bennett
Book SeriesBbc Radio Collection
FormatCompact Disc
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