And just as Alan Bennett’s earlier play, that subsequently became a film, revolves around the king’s treatment at the hands of the medical profession, The King’s Speech is also the true royal story of a stammering Prince-turned-reluctant king and his...

Alan Bennett Picador. 152 pp. $14 paperback Reviewed by Rhonda Dickey Smut's blunt title may be Alan Bennett's biggest joke. Because the two novellas that make up Smut are models of delicacy. Bennett's trademark light, witty touch mixed with pathos is...

That's not simply because it was the source of a hugely successful, Oscar-winning film. It is also because Seidler's perfectly enjoyable play taps into our recollections of other, more resonant works. Until I saw it on stage, I had not realised how...

Bennett's celebrated 1991 play The Madness of George III, was previously turned into an Oscar-winning 1994 film starring Nigel Hawthorne as the long-serving Hanoverian monarch. Behind the title was the story of a monarch who lived until he was 81,...

Also shortlisted is the redesign of Bloomberg Businessweek, (owned by Bloomberg LP, parent company of Bloomberg News.) Go see the revival of “The Madness of King George III,” the 1991 Alan Bennett play, starring David Haig as the sporadically raving...

Design Museum in London. The Guangzhou Opera House, designed by Pritzker Prize winner Zaha Hadid. The building is nominated for the Design of the Year award, organized by the Design Museum in London. Photographer: Iwan Baan/Design Museum via Bloomberg...