The Lady in the Van Magazine"'s Elise Nakhnikian said the film is all about the "fastidious, somewhat timid, and reclusive playwright Alan Bennett", and stated the film's "annoying glibness is neatly summarized" by the line: "In life, going downhill is an uphill job". The Lady in the Van The Lady in the Van is a 2015 British comedy-drama film directed by Nicholas Hytner, and starring Maggie Smith and Alex Jennings, based on the novel of the same name created by Alan Bennett. It was written by Alan Bennett, and it tells the (mostly) true story of his interactions with Mary Shepherd, an elderly woman who
The Lady Outlaw as one of the finest yet shown in Hobart, and the novelty of the subject should bo the means of drawing large houses." The Lady Outlaw The Lady Outlaw is a 1911 Australian silent film set in Van Diemen's Land during convict days. It was also known as "By His Excellency's Command" or "By His Excellency's Command, a Tale of a Lady Outlaw. It is considered a lost film. In the 1860s, Dorothy's lover is transported to Hobart for committing a crime. She follows him there only to discover he has been assigned as a servant to a villainous land