Getting On

Getting On

Getting On

Getting On

Overview

A British Labour M.P., ten years into his second marriage, feels tethered in a time of change. He is distrustful on the one hand of the "mawkish mentality" of the young and, on the other, of the encroaching motorway life of the middle aged who can look forward to nothing more than the fairly imminent end of a not so very interesting road.

"The play is a small jewel of bewilderment and regret." - London Sunday Times

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Cautions

  • Caution Mild Adult Mild Adult Themes

Details

  • Time Period: 1970s
  • Target Audience: Adult, Senior

Authors

Alan Bennett

Alan Bennett was born in Leeds in 1934. After studying at Oxford University he collaborated as a writer and performer with Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Peter Cook in Beyond the Fringe in 1960 at the Edinburgh Festival. He then turned to writing full time and produced h ...

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