Talking Heads by Alan Bennett: The Shrine – BBC iPlayer
In the new series of Alan Bennett's Talking Heads, ten of the twelve are remakes of five of the original six from 1988 and the another five from 1998. Two of the original series' have not been remade as they required actors over the age of seventy. There are two new ones, written last year and filmed this year under social distancing conditions. One of these new ones is number twelve The Shrine.
Lorna is a woman in her fifties and the monologue starts a few days after she has lost her husband Clifford in a motorbike accident. The police have offered to take her to the scene of the accident, but she does not wish to go. As the piece continues she has decided to visit the place of the accident and then returns regularly, making herself a seat and...