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| Alan Ayckbourn: Frequently Asked Questions - Alan Ayckbourn In Brief |
| Alan Ayckbourn Birth date: 12 April 1939 Birth place: Hampstead Occupation: Director / Playwright |
Plays written: 72 Plays directed: 260 (approx.) Roles acted in: 70 (approx.) |
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| Timeline 1939: Born in Hampstead 1956: Joined Sir Donald Wolfit’s company for three weeks 1957: Joined the Library Theatre, Scarborough 1959: Wrote first play, The Square Cat 1961: Directed first play, Gaslight 1962-64: Associate Director at Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent 1964-70: Radio Drama Producer at the BBC, Leeds 1972-08 Artistic Director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre 1986-88: Company director at the National Theatre 1987: Awarded CBE 1997: Knighted for 'service to theatre' 2009: Steps down as Artistic Director, Stephen Joseph Theatre . For a more detailed chronology, click here . |
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Plays 1. The Square Cat |
> > 37. The Revengers’ Comedies 38. Invisible Friends 39. Body Language 40. This Is Where We Came In 41. Callisto 5 (revised Callisto#7) 42. Wildest Dreams 43. My Very Own Story 44. Time Of My Life 45. Dreams From A Summer House 46. Communicating Doors 47. Haunting Julia 48. The Musical Jigsaw Play 49. A Word From Our Sponsor 50. The Champion Of Paribanou 51. Things We Do For Love 52. Comic Potential 53. The Boy Who Fell Into A Book 54 House & 55. Garden 56. Virtual Reality 57. Whenever. 58-60. Damsels In Distress 58. GamePlan 59. FlatSpin 60. RolePlay 61. Snake In The Grass 62. The Jollies 63. Sugar Daddies 64. Orvin: Champion Of Champions 65. My Sister Sadie 66. Private Fears In Public Places 68. Miss Yesterday 69. Improbable Fiction 70. If I Were You 71. Life And Beth 72. Awaking Beauty > |
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| Major Awards And
Honours 1974: Evening Standard Best Play Award 1974: Variety Club of Great Britain Playwright of the Year 1977: Evening Standard Best Play Award 1985: Olivier Best Comedy Award 1986: Freeman of the Borough of Scarborough 1987: Evening Standard Best Play Award 1987: CBE (Companion of the Order of the British Empire) 1993: Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Lifetime Achievement Award 1993: Birmingham Press Club Personality of the Year Award 1993: John Ederyn Hughes Rural Wales Award For Literature 1994: Montblanc de la Culture Award for Europe 1996: TMA Regional Theatre Awards Best Musical (By Jeeves) 1997: KBE (Knight Companion of the Order of the British Empire) 1997: Lloyds Private Banking Playwright of the Year 2001: Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence 2003: Moliere for Best Comedy 2004: Variety Club Of Great Britain Lifetime Achievement Award . For a complete list of awards, click here . |
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| Details of Alan Ayckbourn and his plays are now available as free downloads for reproduction and reference, click the link |
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