Editing Alan Bennett (section)

=== 1990s ===
Bennett wrote ''[[The Lady in the Van]]'' based on his experiences with an eccentric woman called [[Miss Shepherd]], who lived on Bennett's driveway in a series of dilapidated vans for more than fifteen years. It was first published in 1989 as an essay in the ''[[London Review of Books]]''. In 1990 he published it in book form.  In 1999 he adapted it into a stage play, which starred [[Maggie Smith]] and was directed by [[Nicholas Hytner]]. The stage play includes two characters named Alan Bennett. On 21 February 2009 it was broadcast as a radio play on BBC Radio 4, with Maggie Smith reprising her role and Alan Bennett playing himself. He adapted the story again for a 2015 film, with Maggie Smith reprising her role again, and Nicholas Hytner directing again. In the film [[Alex Jennings]] plays the two versions of Bennett, although Alan Bennett appears in a cameo at the very end of the film.

Bennett adapted his 1991 play ''[[The Madness of George III]]'' for the cinema. Entitled ''[[The Madness of King George]]'' (1994), the film received four [[Academy Award]] nominations: for Bennett's writing and the performances of [[Nigel Hawthorne]] and [[Helen Mirren]]. It won the award for best art direction.

In 1995 Bennett wrote and hosted the three-part BBC documentary series ''[[The Abbey (1995 TV series)|The Abbey]]'', directed by [[Jonathan Stedall]]. The programme provides a personal tribute to, and tour of, [[Westminster Abbey]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001z7gr|title=BBC Two – The Abbey with Alan Bennett|publisher=BBC}}</ref>