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Full-Length Play, Comedy / 5w, 6m
Alan Ayckbourn
"A masterpiece [by] Ayckbourn at the peak of his powers using comedy to say harsh, true things about our society." - The Guardian
"Marvelous, moving and memorable." - Time Out
1990 Evening Standard Best Comedy Award
1990 Olivier nomination for Play of the Year
Television producer Jill Rillington is taping a documentary which will reunite Vic Parks with Douglas Beechey. Seventeen years ago, Douglas inadvertently foiled Vic's last bank robbery, during which Vic shot a teller in the face. Vic, a callous boor, served his time and then exploited his celebrity status to become a wealthy television personality. Douglas married the maimed teller and hero and victim fell into shabby obscurity. Now, at Vic's luxurious Mediterranean villa, Jill's hopes for a fiery confrontation are fading because amiable Douglas shows no envy or bitterness and happy people make rotten telly material. Will Vic ever receive his just deserts?
"A masterpiece [by] Ayckbourn at the peak of his powers using comedy to say harsh, true things about our society." - TheGuardian
"Ayckbourn is without doubt the living miracle of our modern theatre." - Daily Mail
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A playwright and theatre director, to date Alan Ayckbourn has written 89 plays – Family Album attracted four-star reviews when it premiered in September 2022 at the Stephen Joseph, where nearly all his plays are first staged.
However, this year he will stage his 88th play Welc ...