"Then I want to end up 'Norwich. Well it's an epigrammatic … - Alan Bennett

"Then I want to end up 'Norwich. Well it's an epigrammatic way of saying 'Knickers off ready when I come home".

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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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"Then I want to end up 'Norwich. Well it's an epigrammatic way of saying 'Knickers off ready when I come home". - Alan Bennett

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