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  • Alan Ayckbourn Plays 5

    Snake in the Grass; If I Were You; Life and Beth; My Wonderful Day; Life of Riley

    by Alan Ayckbourn ...
    Snake in the GrassA terrific piece - brilliant, bizarre and yet totally believable . . . In fact, it's more than classic; it's close to the top of its class. Yorkshire PostIf I Were YouA blissfully funny comedy that's also filled with sadness, a devilishly simple theatrical idea that spins out all kinds of complex truths about human nature. Daily TelegraphLife and BethA wise, humane, ... ... Read more

    $19.69 USD

  • Alan Ayckbourn: Plays 6

    Time of My Life; Neighbourhood Watch; Arrivals and Departures; Hero's Welcome; A Brief History of Women

    by Alan Ayckbourn ...
    With an Introduction by the author.'The prolific master of suburban mayhem has still got his mojo.'Evening StandardTime of My Life'One of Mr. Ayckbourn's most virtuosic experiments in postmodern narrative.'Wall Street JournalNeighbourhood Watch'Ayckbourn's tartly topical, pitch-black comedy, a startling evocation of the panic induced by nightmarish notions of "broken Britain"... An arresting, ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Alan Ayckbourn Plays 1

    by Alan Ayckbourn ...
    The first volume of Alan Ayckbourn's collected work contains his morality plays from the 1980s. It includes the plays A Chorus of Disapproval, A Small Family Business, Henceforward . . ., and Man of the Moment. ... Read more

    $19.69 USD

  • Alan Ayckbourn Plays 2

    Ernie's Incredible Illucinations; Invisible Friends; This is Where We Came In; My Very Own Story; The Champion of Paribanou

    by Alan Ayckbourn ...
    A treat to read and a joy to perform, this second collection of Alan Ayckbourn's work is a cornucopia of some of his wonderfully inventive children's plays. From the story of the teenage Lucy in Invisible Friends who revives her childhood imaginary friend when things get difficult at home, onto the storytellers in My Very Own Story and This Is Where We Came In and, finally, to young Ernie who ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Alan Ayckbourn Plays 4

    by Alan Ayckbourn ...
    The Revengers' ComediesA hugely entertaining pitch that recalls the old movies to which it frequently pays homage - Strangers on a Train, Rebecca, Kind Hearts and Coronets - and expands after intermission to reveal an immensely disturbing vision of contemporary middle-class England poisoned by the rise of economic ruthlessness and the collapse of ethics. New York TimesThings We Do for LoveLloyds.. ... Read more

    $19.69 USD

  • Invisible Friends

    by Alan Ayckbourn ...
    Alan Ayckbourn's play is about a very ordinary teenager called Lucy. With her father glued to the cowboys on the telly, her mother preoccupied with neighbourly gossip and her brother enclosed in his ear-phones, no one wants to know about her place in the school swimming team. So Lucy revives her childhood fantasy friend, Zara, setting a place for her at the very ordinary tea table. This time Zara ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Woman in Mind

    by Alan Ayckbourn ...
    The central character of Alan Ayckbourn's new play is Susan, a parson's wife, 'one of the most moving and devastating that he has created...'Robin Thornber reviewing the first production in Scarborough in the Guardian. ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • A Small Family Business

    by Alan Ayckbourn ...
    Well, that's one down, isn't it. Nine to go. Next! Thou shalt not kill. What about that then? Let's have a crack at that one next, shall we?Jack McCracken: a man of principle in a corrupt world. But not for long. Moments after taking over his father-in-law's business he's approached by a private detective armed with some compromising information.Jack's integrity fades away as he discovers his ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Crafty Art of Playmaking

    by Alan Ayckbourn ...
    A Laurence Olivier Award–winning playwright shares his tricks of the trade for beginning and experienced stage writers and directors."A practical and disciplined look . . . After 44 years at his profession, Ayckbourn knows what he's talking about." ― Washington Post Book WorldFrom helpful hints on writing to tips on directing, this book provides a complete primer for the newcomer and a refresher ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Boy Who Fell into a Book

    by Alan Ayckbourn ...
    Rockfist Slim's enemies have just plunged him into yet another desperate situation when Kevin has to close his detective book and go to sleep. But his own adventure is only just beginning. Fast-moving, fun and full of special effects, Ayckbourn's wonderfully inventive play for children brings alive several well-known children's books as Kevin and Rockfist Slim escape the baddies and plunge into ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Communicating Doors

    by Alan Ayckbourn ...
    How Ms Poopay Dayseer, a twenty-first century Specialist Sexual Consultant, whilst peddling her 'services' to an elderly hotel room client unexpectedly finds herself running for her life. How her flight through a communicating door brings her face to face with her own past and with Ruella who apparently died under suspicious circumstances twenty years earlier. And how Poopay's gradual friendship ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • Season's Greetings

    by Alan Ayckbourn ...
    Now we don't want to start Christmas like this, do we?Cheating at snakes and ladders, fighting over comic books, a bungled infidelity beneath the tree. Christmas has arrived in the Bunker household along with family and friends. But as the children lurk just out of sight, it's the adults who are letting the side down.I couldn't. Not in our sitting-room. Not in front of the television. Somewhere ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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