Cocktail Sticks

{{Short description|Play by Alan Bennett}}

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Cocktail Sticks is an autobiographical play by the English playwright Alan Bennett. It premièred in the National Theatre in 2012 as part of a double bill (with the monologue Hymn). The production was directed by long-term Bennett collaborator Nicholas Hytner. It received great acclaim, and transferred to the Duchess Theatre in the West End of London.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/dec/17/hymn-cocktail-sticks-review|title=Hymn/Cocktail Sticks – review|last=Billington|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Billington (critic)|date=17 December 2012|access-date=3 January 2015|work=The Guardian}}{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/9746226/Alan-Bennett-plays-Hymn-Cocktail-Sticks-National-Theatre-review.html|title=Alan Bennett plays: Hymn/Cocktail Sticks, National Theatre, review|date=17 December 2012|first=Charles|last=Spencer|author-link=Charles Spencer (journalist)|access-date=3 January 2015|work=The Daily Telegraph}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/hymn-and-cocktail-sticks-lyttelton-national-theatre-london-8422115.html|title=Hymn and Cocktail Sticks, Lyttelton, National Theatre, London|work=The Independent|date=17 December 2012|access-date=3 January 2015|first=Paul|last=Taylor}} The role of Bennett was played by Alex Jennings.

An adaptation for radio was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 3 January 2015, with Alex Jennings (and Alan Bennett himself) as Bennett, Jeff Rawle as Dad and Gabrielle Lloyd as Mam.{{cite web|work=Radio Times|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/dc5psv/cocktail-sticks|title=Cocktail Sticks|access-date=3 January 2015}}{{cite web|work=BBC Radio 4|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04wnpr6|title=Cocktail Sticks|access-date=3 January 2015}}