Bennett, 81, says he is still traumatised by his experience when he stumbled over the lines in a stage production of A Chip In The Sugar, one of his popular Talking Heads monologues.
Source: Alan Bennett has suffered from stage fright since he forgot his own monologues | Daily Mail Online
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Bennett, 81, says he is still traumatised by his experience
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