Alan Bennett
(1934-), PlaywrightSitter in 25 portraits
Dramatist, author and actor; from Beyond the Fringe (Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh, 1960), he progressed to notable successes on stage, screen and radio. Among the highlights are the plays A Question of Attribution (1988), The Madness of George III (1991, adapted for screen 1995) and the television plays, Talking Heads (1988), as well as The Lady in the Van and an autobiography Telling Tales (both 2000). He has also memorably recorded A. A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh stories for radio.
Watch Paul Merton talking about Alan Bennett in the Media section below
'Beyond the Fringe' (Alan Bennett; Peter Cook; Jonathan Miller; Dudley Moore)
by Lewis Morley
bromide print, 1961
NPG P512(22)
by The Douglas Brothers
platinum print, August 1990
NPG P1999
by Derry Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda
colour print, 1992
NPG P525
by Tom Wood
oil on canvas laid on panel, 1993
NPG 6186
Peter Cook; Jonathan Miller; Dudley Moore; Alan Bennett
by Lewis Morley
bromide print, 1961
NPG x32732
by Bryan Wharton
bromide print, 29 September 1961
NPG x88638
Beyond the Fringe (Jonathan Miller; Peter Cook; Dudley Moore; Alan Bennett)
by Lewis Morley
bromide fibre print, 1961
NPG x38939
Beyond the Fringe (Alan Bennett; Peter Cook; Dudley Moore; Jonathan Miller)
by Lewis Morley
bromide fibre print, 1961
NPG x38938
Beyond the Fringe (Alan Bennett; Peter Cook; Jonathan Miller; Dudley Moore)
by Lewis Morley
bromide fibre print, 1961
NPG x44845
Beyond the Fringe (Peter Cook; Jonathan Miller; Dudley Moore; Alan Bennett)
by Lewis Morley
resin print, 1961
On display in Room 28 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x27384
Beyond the Fringe (Dudley Moore; Alan Bennett; Peter Cook; Jonathan Miller)
by Lewis Morley
toned bromide print, 1961
NPG x125263
Beyond the Fringe (Jonathan Miller; Peter Cook; Dudley Moore; Alan Bennett)
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, 1961
NPG x126027
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, 1962
NPG x14024
by Michael Peto
modern bromide print from original negative, November 1966
NPG x138049
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 18 March 1969
NPG x165019
by Stephen Hyde
bromide print, November 1985
NPG x27755
by Stephen Hyde
bromide print, November 1985
NPG x27441
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