Forty Years On is a 1968 play by Alan Bennett. It was his first West End play.

Chuck the TV and discover a whole new world where your imagination creates the pictures! [ Ссылка ]

Enjoy our shows? Please consider joining our family:
[ Ссылка ]
[ Ссылка ]
[ Ссылка ]
[ Ссылка ]

The play is set in a British public school called Albion House ("Albion" is an ancient word for Britain), which is putting on an end of term play in front of the parents, i.e. the audience. The play within the play is about the changes that had happened to the country following the end of the Great War in 1918 and the loss of innocence and a generation of young men. In a 1999 study of Bennett's work, Peter Wolfe writes that the author calls the piece "part play, part revue"; Wolfe describes it as "nostalgic and astringent, elegiac and unsettling".

The play includes a satire on T. E. Lawrence; known as "Tee Hee Lawrence" because of his high-pitched, girlish giggle. "Clad in the magnificent white silk robes of an Arab prince ... he hoped to pass unnoticed through London. Alas he was mistaken." The section concludes with the headmaster confusing him with D. H. Lawrence.

Russell Harty, whom Bennett had become friends with at Exeter College, Oxford, was teaching English at Giggleswick School when the play was written. Harty was housemaster of Carr House and several of the schoolboys in the play had the surnames of boys in Carr House. (Wikipedia)

Originally Broadcast 8/11/1973.

Chesterton Radio
Playing the Classics! Works of G.K. Chesterton and Friends
Plus, Drama, Comedy, Mystery, Science Fiction and more

Chuck the TV and discover a whole new world!
True - Good - Beautiful
The Soundtrack for your Chesterton Day!

Programs on Chesterton Radio are sponsored by:
Chesterton House
Visiting Benedictine College in Atchison Kansas? Chesterton House is your stylish, comfortable home away from home! Just blocks to campus and downtown. Newly remodeled, games and puzzles. Pet friendly!
[ Ссылка ]

MachineDesignPro.com: Engineering and Product Development Services
[ Ссылка ]

BatteryJobs.com: Energy Career Portal - Electric Vehicle - Lead-Acid - Lithium - Solar
[ Ссылка ]

Do you enjoy the variety on Chesterton Radio?
Like, Share and Subscribe to be notified of our new shows.

Discover new Chesterton Radio shows in our Playlists!
[ Ссылка ]
[ Ссылка ]
[ Ссылка ]
[ Ссылка ]
[ Ссылка ]
[ Ссылка ]
[ Ссылка ]
[ Ссылка ]
[ Ссылка ]
[ Ссылка ]
[ Ссылка ]

свернуть