A Brief History of Women

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Cast Size

3f, 3m
Duration

More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
Target Audience

Adult, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

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Minimum Fee: £69 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

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Summary

A Brief History of Woman charts the life of Anthony Spates: from his first job as an adolescent footman at a country manor house through to his retirement as manager of the hotel the manor house became. Over the course of six decades, the play follows him and the remarkable women he has loved, left and lost over the years.

A Brief History of Woman premiered in September 2017 at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough.

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Performing Groups

College Theatre / Student
Community Theatre
Professional Theatre
Large Stage
Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups

Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)

Media

"There’s a lot of loss and longing in this journey, but the play’s elegiac, reflective tone proves both moving and liberating as it reaches an ending of haunting beauty." - The Stage

"...he is writing and directing with as much wit, insight, originality and mischief as ever, still surprising, still setting himself theatrical puzzles, still so spot-on about the arts, education, marriage, romance, loss and life's vicissitudes for men and women, but now with added reflection and humane sagacity." - York Press

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10 Alan Ayckbourn Plays and Musicals to Perform
by Cathy Thomas
August 13, 2019

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Authors

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.

A Brief History of Women