Alan Bennett Quotes
The bits I most remember about my school days are those that took place outside the classroom, as we were taken on countless theatre visits and trips to places of interest.
Bennett, Alan. Untold Stories. Faber & Faber, 2005.
In the midst of the Great Depression there were many innovative, efficient uses of public facilities as the country struggled to get back on its economic feet. However, 80 years later, neither Flint nor other American cities used school buildings for more purposes and kept them open more hours. People suggested the idea as if it was new and never thought of before. When the Great Depression crises was over, many of the excellent, efficient programs were dropped instead of continued. Most school buildings closed by 3 PM in much of the country.
Alan Bennett is an English actor, author, playwright, and screenwriter. He was born in Leeds and attended Oxford University, where he studied history and performed with the Oxford Revue. He stayed to teach and research medieval history at the university for several years. His collaboration as writer and performer with Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Peter Cook in the satirical revue Beyond the Fringe at the 1960 Edinburgh Festival brought him instant fame. He gave up academia, and turned to writing full-time, his first stage play, Forty Years On, being produced in 1968.
