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Alan Ayckbourn
Table of contents
Childhood
Adult life
Early career
Major successes
„A small family business“
Bibliography
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Childhood
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Alan Ayckbourn was born at the 12th of april 1939 in Hampstead,
London
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He has written and produced more than seventy full-length plays in
Scarborough and London
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Between 1972 and 2009, the artistic director of the Stephen Joseph
Theatre in Scarborough
Childhood
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His mother Irene Worley was a writer of short stories who published
under the name "Mary James".
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He´s a prolific English playwright
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His father, Horace Ayckbourn, was an orchestral violinist
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His parents, who separated shortly after World War II, never married
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Ayckbourn attended Haileybury, in the village of Hertford Heath
Adult life
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Leaved the school with an age of 17 years
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Ayckbourn's career took several temporary jobs in various places
before starting a temporary job at the Scarborough Library Theatre
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In Scarborough Library Theatre he was introduced to the artistic
director
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Ayckbourn's career was briefly interrupted when he was called for
National Service
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In 1957, Ayckbourn married Christine Roland, another member of the
Library Theatre company
Adult life
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They had two sons, Steven and Philip
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Separation in 1971 with Christine Roland
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His second wife was Heather Stoney
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In February 2006, he suffered a stroke in Scarborough and was eight
weeks in a hospital
Early career
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On leaving school his theatrical career started immediately, with an
introduction to Sir Donald Wolfit by his French master
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Joined Wolfit on tour to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as an acting
assistant stage manager
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In 1957, Ayckbourn was employed by the director Stephen Joseph at
the Library Theatre
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This employment led to Ayckbourn's first professional script
commission, in 1958
Early career
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1962 Ayckbourn moved to Stoke-on-Trent to help set up the Victoria
Theatre
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He left the Stoke company in 1964, to commit his time to the London
production of Mr. Whatnot
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His final role on stage was as Jerry in Two for the Seesaw by William
Gibson, at the Civic Theatre in Rotherham
Major successes
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Include :
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The Norman Conquests trilogy (1973)
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Absurd Person Singular (1975)
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Just Between Ourselves (1976)
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Woman in Mind (1985)
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A Small Family Business (1987)
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Private Fears in Public Places (2004)
„A small family business“
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information about the novel :
The novel based around the business of the title
and dealing with the Thatcherism of the time
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It premiered at the Olivier stage of
the Royal National Theatre on 20 May 1987
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It won the Evening Standard Award
for Best Play for that year
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Its Broadway premiere occurred on 27 April 1992
Bibliography
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Ayckbourn
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Small_Family_Business
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