To play Trivial Pursuit with a life like mine could be said… - Alan Bennett

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To play Trivial Pursuit with a life like mine could be said to be a form of homeopathy.

Alan Bennett

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Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English playwright, screenwriter, memoirist, essayist and actor. He first came to notice as a writer-performer of Beyond the Fringe. His plays include Forty Years On, An Englishman Abroad, Talking Heads, A Question of Attribution, The Madness of King George and The History Boys. He also created the sketch comedy On the Margin in 1966 with John Sergeant.

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To play Trivial Pursuit with a life like mine could be said to be a form of homeopathy. - Alan Bennett

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