What can truly interest someone whose only job is to always look interested? One day Elizabeth II discovers a book in her library by a writer she remembers meeting: Ivy Compton-Burnett. Years earlier she had given her a minor noble title and she remembered her singular hair-do. Then she luckily discovers the true meaning of being and pleasure.
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About the Author:
Alan Bennett has been one of England's leading dramatists since the success of Beyond the Fringe in the 1960s. His work includes the Talking Heads television series, and the stage plays "Forty Years On, The Lady in the Van, A Question of Attribution", and "The Madness of King George III". His recent play, "The History Boys" (now a major motion picture), won six Tony Awards, including best play, in 2006. In the same year his memoir, "Untold Stories", was a number-one bestseller in the United Kingdom.
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