A Lady of Letters.

... A Lady of Letters. A Lady of Letters is a 20th century drama, which is by the writer Alan Bennett. Alan Bennett was an English writer and actor born in Leeds on the 9th May 1934. Alan Bennett gained a first-class degree in history, which was from Exeter College in Oxford. In August of 1960 Alan Bennett achieved his first fame by appearing at the Edinburgh festival in the revue of beyond the fringe. Since that time he has become one of England's most famous and well-loved playwrights. Like A Lady of Letters most of his plays are about normal people living normal lives in England and many of them are monologues. This play is a monologue, which means all the dialogue in the play is spoken by one person. In a monologue all of the drama is produced by the way the lines are spoken and all the attention of the

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