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Round
and Round the Garden
By Alan Ayckbourn
20th to 23rd May 1998
at the Sheffield University Drama Studio
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From the SADATA critique:
| From the programme (1998): The action of the play takes place in the garden of a vicarage-type house during a weekend in July. Time - the present. ALAN AYCKBOURN His early plays from 1959-61 were published under the pseudonym Roland Allen although lack of early success led him to join the BBC as a producer. The audience laughs at his characters but often realise that they lead sad and empty lives. For example, in "Woman in Mind" (1985) a neglected homemaker invents an imaginary family who become more real to her than her own family. Ayckbourn is noted for the clever use of stage space and dramatic structure. "The Norman Conquests" (1973) Is actually three plays, each about events taking place in different parts of a country house at the same time. In "Taking Steps" (1979), the same set represents three different places. |
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His first success was "Meet My Father" in 1967 but Ayckbourn first gained international recognition with "How the Other Half Loves" (1969). His other plays include "Absurd Person Singular" (1972), "Absent Friends" (1974), "Bedroom Farce" (1975), "Joking Apart" (1978), "Sisterly Feelings" (1979), "A Chorus of Disapproval" (1984), "A Small Family Business" (1987), "Man of the Moment" (1988), "Mr. A's Amazing Maze plays" (1989) and "invisible Friends" (1991).
Ayckbourn is the artistic director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre-in-the-Round in Scarborough where most of his comedies premier.
Sue Pont
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