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Farcicals

Alan Ayckbourn

Short Play, Comedy

Comprising Chloë With Love and The Kidderminster Affair.


Farcicals

by  Alan Ayckbourn

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Farcicals

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  • Audience
    Target Audience
    • Adult
    • Senior
    • Teen (Age 14 - 18)
Description
Chloë With Love - Teddy’s marriage to Lottie is going through a difficult period. Does he still love Lottie? Does Lottie still love him? Cue next door neighbours Penny and Reggie to the rescue. Penny weighing in to help Lottie and Reggie resolving to help his best friend to resist temptation. But with the arrival of the voluptuous Chloë all their best laid schemes are put to the test.

The Kidderminster Affair - Sexual intrigue at Teddy’s garden barbecue. Is his secret liaison with his neighbour, Penny, about to leak out? Will his wife Lottie discover the awful truth about Kidderminster? Will Penny’s husband and best friend Reggie ever get hold of the right end of the stick? Will he burn the barbecue? Or indeed resolve the mystery of the slow puncture?
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  • No Special Cautions

Licence details

  • Minimum Fee: £62 per performance
    £29 per play individually
    Plus VAT when applicable


    This title is currently restricted in London, please contact the Licensing Department for further details.

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  • Time Period: Contemporary
Cast Attributes

Penny Bottlecamp

Lottie Bulbin

Teddy Bulbin Lottie's husband

Reggie Bottlecamp Penny's husband

Casting Notes

Chloë With Love - 2M 2F

The Kidderminster Affair - 2M 2F

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Alan Ayckbourn

Alan Ayckbourn

2017 marks the 60th anniversary of Alan Ayckbourn joining the Library Theatre company in Scarborough, of which he was the Artistic Director for 37 years and where he made both his professional playwriting in 1959 and his directorial debut in 1961.He has spent his life in theatre, rarely if ever tempted by tel ...

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