John le carre and Alan Bennett donated their work to Oxford's Bodleian Library; others have accepted lower payments to keep their documents in Britain.

John le carre和Alan Bennett把他们的作品捐赠给了牛津Bodleian图书馆；另外一些人已经接受了较低的价格把他们的档案保留在英国。

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The film was directed by Nicholas Hytner, who first staged Alan Bennett's play at London's National Theater.

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Dame Thora picked up two of her three Baftas for her Talking Heads monologues, written by Alan Bennett.

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Dame Thora, who died aged 91 in March 2003, played Dolly in a monologue written by Alan Bennett.

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