The Lady in the Van by Alan Bennett

Comedy production by Robin Hood Theatre

Adapted by the author from his autobiographical memoir, The Lady in the Van tells the (mostly) true story of Alan Bennett’s strained friendship with Miss Mary Shepherd, an eccentric homeless woman whom Bennett befriended in the 1970s before allowing her temporarily to park her Bedford van in the driveway of his Camden town home. She stayed there for 15 years. Funny, Touching, uplifting and heartbreakingly honest, The Lady in the Van is classic Alan Bennett.