Alan Bennett: A Critical Introduction in Bloomington, MN

Alan Bennett is perhaps best known in the UK for the BBC production of his
Talking Heads
TV plays, while the rest of the world may recognize him for the film adaptation of his play,
The Madness of King George
. O'Mealy points out that Bennett is a social critic strongly influenced by Beckett and Swift, interested in depicting and analyzing the role playing of everyday life, a'la sociologist Ervin Goffman.