{"product_id":"two-besides-a-pair-of-talking-heads","title":"Two Besides: A Pair of Talking Heads","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlan Bennett's twelve Talking Heads are acknowledged masterworks by one of our most highly acclaimed writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSome thirty years after the original six, Bennett has written Two Besides, a pair of monologues. Each, in its way, is a devastating portrait of grief. In An Ordinary Woman, a mother suffers the inevitable consequences when she makes life intolerable for herself and her family by falling for her own flesh and blood; while The Shrine tells the story behind a makeshift roadside shrine, introducing us to Lorna, bearing witness in her high-vis jacket, the bereft partner of a dedicated biker with a surprising private life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe two new Talking Heads were recorded for the BBC during the exceptional circumstances of coronavirus lockdown in the spring of 2020, directed by Nicholas Hytner and performed by Sarah Lancashire and Monica Dolan. The book contains a substantial preface by Nicholas Hytner and an introduction to each, by Alan Bennett.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\nPublished: in UK in 2020\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 96\u003cbr\u003e\nLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN 13: 9780571365852\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN 10: 057136585X\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alan Bennett","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33010741346407,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/products\/057136585X.jpg?v=1605610631","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/two-besides-a-pair-of-talking-heads","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}