John Morton’s debut as a playwright is a finely crafted family drama with shades of Alan Ayckbourn ...

In 2016 playwright Sir Alan Ayckbourn premiered his 80th play - that's more than double the output of England's most famous dramatist, William Shakespeare. But that number only represents his major ...

How many shows has Alan Ayckbourn written? Alan Ayckbourn has written 23 shows including How the Other Half Loves (Playwright), Jeeves (Bookwriter), The Norman Conquests: Table Manners (Playwright), ...

WAY UPSTREAM: The stage was filled with water for Ayckbourn's ambitious 1981 playScarborough Theatre Trust / The Bob Watson Archive The proprietor of the little Scarborough hotel where I was staying — ...

In Alan Ayckbourn’s England, sunny country days are even more infrequent onstage than in reality. Threatened by disappointments and rain, servants talking back to their masters, and farce tripped up ...

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The 85-year-old talks about the future of theatre, why he writes strong female roles and how the world is now entering ‘full farce mode’ Dominic Cavendish has been writing about theatre and comedy ...

You remember The Importance of Being Earnest: “In married life,” Algernon quips, “three is company and two is none.” “That, my dear young friend,” ripostes Jack, haughtily, “is the theory that the ...

British playwright Alan Ayckbourn has long been the theater’s champion daredevil, a man who never saw a stage stunt he wouldn’t tackle. One of his early works, The Norman Conquests, was a cycle of ...

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In his new audio comedy, Alan Ayckbourn does more than write: He and his wife, Heather Stoney, portray several couples in disarray. By Laura Collins-Hughes This master farceur’s play, believed to be ...