BENNETT, Alan Getting On. London: Faber and Faber. 1972.
8vo. Orange paper wrappers with black lettering to spine; pp. [xi], 87; split to front hinge at head and foot of spine with signs of vertical creasing, some stains to front wrapper, otherwise very good.
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The second play from playwright Alan Bennett opened at the Queen's Theatre in October 1971 and was a production that ran for nine months. Originally entitled A Serious Man, it was directed by Patrick Garland and featured the film star Kenneth More. The play revolves around the life of a Labour MP and his relationship to the mundanity of a life wihtout change. The play received the Evening Standard Award for the Best Comedy of 1971, although its humour is often married to a more serious atmosphere.
As Bennett asserts in his Author's Note, "The text here printed differs in some respects from that first presented at the Queen's Theatre… the jokes were largely left intact while the serious content of the play suffered".
B.A. Young, in a review for The Financial Times, observed of the play: "Mr Bennett has an uncanny gift for getting into the minds of a wide diversity of creatures."
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