'The Lady in the Van' trivia and fun facts

Director Nicholas Hytner has also directed other film adaptations of works by Bennett as 'The Madness of King George' or 'The History Boys'.

The film's score was composed by George Fenton, musician who Fenton has worked in films as 'Anna and the King or 'Bewitched'.

The movie was shot in and around Bennett's old house in Camden Town, where the real Miss Shepherd spent 15 years.

It tells the true story of Mary Shepherd, an elderly woman who lived in a dilapidated van on a street in an artsy London neighborhood for 15 years.

Hytner directed the original stage production at the Queen's Theatre in London.

In 1999, Bennett wrote the play 'The Lady In The Van', in which Maggie Smith did Miss Shepherd.

Filming was a difficult experience for Maggie Smith because she spent a lot of time confined to one van or another.

''The Lady in the Van'' was shown in a section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.