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What means does Alan Bennett use to help us to understand the truth about Lesley in Her Big Chance?

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English Literature Coursework- Post 1914 Drama What means does Alan Bennett use to help us to understand the truth about Lesley in Her Big Chance? Talking heads was a BBC drama television series produced in the late 1980s. The first six monologues were screened in 1987 and a further six were broadcasted in 1998. The monologues give us access to people's most private thoughts. The individual tells their side of the story. Sometimes they reveal a lot more than they mean to, leaving the audience to investigate their lives further and piece together clues from what they say to create a character in their mind. Each monologue shows us a varied life. They are all melancholy and dramatic. These monologues also give us an insight of everyday British lives in the 80s. Her Big Chance is about young imprudent women named Lesley. Her obsessive career as a "professional" actress takes over...

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