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Life and Beth
Alan Ayckbourn
Allelujah!
by Alan Bennett
Synopsis
- What were you in life?
- I n life, as you put it, I was a schoolmaster.
The Beth, an old fashioned cradle-to-grave hospital serving a town on the edge of the Pennines, is threatened with closure as part of an NHS efficiency drive.
As Dr Valentine and Sister Gilchrist attend to the patients, a documentary crew, eager to capture its fight for survival, follows the daily struggle to find beds on the Dusty Springfield Geriatric Ward.
Meanwhile, the old people's choir, in readiness for next week's concert, is in full swing, augmented by the arrival of Mrs Maudsley, aka Pudsey Nightingale.
Alan Bennett's Allelujah !
opened at the Bridge Theatre, London, in July 2018.
With an introduction by Alan Bennett.
Publication
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year 2018
Binding Paperback
Edition Main
Pages 112
Language English
ISBN-13 9780571349852
ISBN-10 0571349854
LCC PR6052.E5
Allelujah! is a British comedy play written by Alan Bennett and published by Faber & Faber (2018).
Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle .
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