An evening with Alan Bennett
Posted on 19 June 2001
Yorkshireman Alan Bennett, is perhaps best known for his Talking Heads series, but also for his book Writing Home and a number of West End plays.
The reading in Central Hall is open to all and tickets are on sale at Waterstone's Booksellers, 28 High Ousegate, York or from Shandy Hall, Coxwold.
Shandy Hall was the home of the writer Laurence Sterne, author of Tristram Shandy. It is run by a charitable trust which has close connections with the University.
The Alan Bennett reading takes place at 7.30 pm on Thursday 5 July in Central Hall on the University of York campus.Notes to editors:
- Tickets £20.00, £17.50, £12.50 for the Alan Bennett evening are available from Waterstone's Booksellers, 28 High Ousegate, York (tel: 01904 628740) or by post from Shandy Hall, Coxwold, YO61 4AD, please send SAE with a cheque made out to the Laurence Sterne Trust.
- Shandy Hall, originally a medieval priest's house, is located in the village of Coxwold on the southern edge of the North York Moors National Park. In the eighteenth century the Hall was the home of Laurence Sterne, author of Tristram Shandy and A Sentimental Journey. Shandy Hall is open to visitors on Wednesday and Sunday afternoons from May to September.