The famous true story of The Lady In The Van will be retold by Robin Hood Theatre Company in their latest production this week. Alan Bennett’s story is staged at the Robin Hood Theatre, Averham, from Tuesday to Saturday, at 7.30pm plus a Saturday matinee. In April 1974, Miss Shepherd drove her dilapidated van into Alan Bennett’s front garden in genteel Camden. Originally expected to stay for a few weeks, she remained there for 15 years. A well-known local itinerant and eccentric with poor mental health, Mary Shepherd was described by Alan Bennett as “a bigoted, blinkered, cantankerous, devious…