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• Alan Bennett:

  Were we closer to the ground as children, or is the grass emptier now?

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  I write plays about things that I can't resolve in my mind. I try to root things out.

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  I don't believe in private education.

• Alan Bennett:

  I always like to break out and address the audience. In 'The History Boys', for instance, without a