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Sir
Alan Ayckbourn
CBE FRSA
Ayckbourn in 2010
Born
(1939-04-12) 12 April 1939 (age 85) Hampstead, London, England
Occupation
Playwright, director
Period
1959–present
Website
www.alanayckbourn.net
Sir Alan AyckbournCBE FRSA (born 12 April 1939) is a prolific British playwright and director. He has written and produced as of 2024, 90 full-length plays in Scarborough and London and was, between 1972 and 2009, the artistic director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, where all but four of his plays have received their first performance. More than 40 have subsequently been produced in the West End, at the Royal National Theatre or by the Royal Shakespeare Company since his first hit Relatively Speaking opened at the Duke of York's Theatre in 1967.
Major successes include Absurd Person Singular (1975), The Norman Conquests trilogy (1973), Bedroom Farce (1975), Just Between Ourselves (1976), A Chorus of Disapproval (1984), Woman in Mind (1985), A Small Family Business (1987), Man of the Moment (1988), House & Garden (1999) and Private Fears in Public Places (2004). His plays have won numerous awards, including seven London Evening Standard Awards. They have been translated into over 35 languages and are performed on stage and television throughout the world. Ten of his plays have been staged on Broadway, attracting two Tony nominations, and one Tony award.
Sir AlanAyckbourn CBE FRSA (born 12 April 1939) is a prolific British playwright and director. He has written and produced as of 2024, 90 full-length...
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performances. Refurbished in 1987, the theatre has since presented several AlanAyckbourn premieres, including Man of the Moment (1990), as well as a notable...
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