The Lady In the Van
The Basin Theatre Doongalla Road, The Basin, Victoria, AustraliaA comedy / drama by Alan Bennett Directed by Tracey Shields (A Highway 1 Production) The Lady in the Van tells the true story of Alan Bennett's somewhat strained friendship with Miss Mary Shepherd, a crabby, eccentric, and somewhat smelly homeless woman whom Bennett befriended in the 1970s. He allowed her to park her Bedford van in the driveway of his Camden home "for …