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: Comedy
1996
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Run For Your Wife
A London cab driver, John Smith, literally has two lives, complete with two different wives, Mary and Barbara. Somehow, he manages to juggle them both without arousing suspicion.
1995
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And So To Bed
A charming and scintilating comedy concerning Samuel Pepys, who calls on Mistress Knight but is forced to hide in a closet because of a visit to the fascinating lady by Charles II.
1995
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One For The Road
This observant comedy finds Dennis on the eve of his thirty-fifth birthday, making a last-ditch attempt to break away from the confines of his middle-class, housing-estate existence.
1995
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Cup Final
The Polden Players have just left the stage after performing in a local drama festival. The production was a disaster sparks fly while they vent their feelings about the performance.
1994
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Bedroom Farce
Three bedrooms during one night and the subsequent morning. The eldest couple, Delia and Ernest, are getting ready to go out for a meal to celebrate their wedding anniversary…
1993
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The Owl And The Pussycat Went To See…
The Owl and the Pussycat sail to the land where the Bong Tree grows have adventures and live happily ever after.
1993
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Falling Off A Log
When Mother unexpectedly plans a trip home from America to see her son Gerald, she is expecting to find her beloved garden in the state in which she left it.
1993
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Eating Out
Three women discuss their issues with weight and how their body issues have affected their lives. Chriss maintains a bare-bones diet, Melanie purges, and Pat has a history with pills.
1993
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Easy Stages
A subtle parody of the backstage goings-on of an amateur dramatic society. Here we see the stage crew struggling to play their part against all the odds.
1993
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A Night Out
While her parents are out, Doreen decides to invite round Eric, her boyfriend. However hard they try the evening is doomed to failure for all concerned.
1992
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A Tomb With A View
A dusty, lawyer reads a will (involving some millions of pounds) to an equally sinister family. More corpses than live members are left in the cast as murder prevails.