Ayckbourn creates a set of believable people whose weaknesses and foibles are food for mirth. We laugh at ourselves through his characters and the experience is at once pain.
Category: Simon Jackson
1990
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Charley’s Aunt
Jack and Charley persuade their friend, an undergraduate Lord Fancourt Babberley, to impersonate an aunt. The complications of the plot begin with the arrival of the real aunt.
1981
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George and Margaret
Mrs Garth-Bander feels it her duty to invite George and Margaret to lunch, tea or dinner now and then. The rest of the family usually dodges these occasions.
1980
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Shock
Air hostess Maggie, who lives in a converted windmill, has invited Ann and Terry, her latest pilot, to celebrate her birthday. Maggie has some peculiar tastes…
1980
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Darling Mr London
Despite his hobby of fighting battles with toy soldiers, Edward is a mild person and he is about to experience an evening he will never forget.
1979
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Dr Morelle
Brian Cartwright, impecunious adventurer, blackmails four unfortunates unwittingly involved in a crime. As zero hour approaches he invites them all to dine with him.
1978
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The Amorous Prawn
The wife of an army general has hit on hard times needs to raise money, quick. But will her scheme to open the general’s headquarters to visitors pass her husband’s approval?
1977
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The Gentle Hook
Stacey Harrison is a charming, intelligent, successful career woman who unfortunately gets involved in divorce, but several murders as well.