Alan Bennett's 80th birthday last May deserves celebrating not just as a point of respect for a formidable playwright but with awe at his continuing liveliness. More than 40 years after he started, he is still producing National Theatre hits, and at Kingston's Rose an opportune revival of two of his spy plays from the 1980s reminds us that the cuddly Yorkshire macaroon-lover with the swot's glasses is quite the Georg…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:46PM on October 1, 2014