Adapted by Tony Award-winning British playwright Alan Bennett’s 1999 play of the same name, “The Lady in the Van” is a heartwarming film replete with dry wit and humor. The story is based on Bennett’s ...

Westport News film critic Susan Granger reviews the new movie, “The Lady in the Van.” Dame Maggie Smith — a.k.a. Dowager Countess of Grantham on TV’s “Downton Abbey” — stars in Alan Bennett’s ...

Hull Truck’s new Chief Executive, Andrew Smaje, unveils the ‘signature production’ of the new season; Alan Bennett’s The Lady in the Van, a delightful and eccentric play based on a true story about a ...

Based on Alan Bennett’s short story and play of the same name, The Lady in the Van, an unassuming arthouse flick that opens areawide on Friday, tells the true story of one Mary Shepherd, an elderly ...

Originally published as a memoir in 1990, then dramatised in 1999, The Lady in the Van has the witty one-liners and acute observations we expect from Alan Bennett‘s satirical pen, even if the play ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. LONDON • Filthy, dressed in rags and living in a battered old van, Maggie Smith’s latest character is a long way from “Downton ...

Maggie Smith has built her career playing characters with a defining air of dignity and nobility. From Harry Potter’s Minerva McGonagall to Violet Crawley in “Downton Abbey,” Smith crafts ...

“The Lady in the Van” is the story of a codependent London couple who politely loathe each other without actually being a pair. She is Miss Shepherd, a homeless gorgon with delusions of grandeur, and ...

The Choral is a World War I-set drama directed by Nicholas Hytner and penned by legendary playwright Alan Bennett – the ...