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Availability of Alan Ayckbourn's Plays For Production

This page offers a complete guide to which Alan Ayckbourn plays are available for production by professional and amateur companies.

Details of where to obtain professional and amateur performance rights can be found at the Performing Rights page above (click here).

The list includes a breakdown of the cast as well as an approximate running time where known (the running time includes an interval).

             

Play Title (alphabetical)

Published

Available
(Professional)

Available
(Amateur)

Notes

Cast

M/F (total)

Running Time

(approx.)

Absent Friends

Yes

Yes

Yes

  3m/3f (6) 2h10m

Absurd Person Singular

Yes

Yes

Yes

  3m/3f (6) 2h35m

Awaking Beauty

Yes

Yes

Yes

To be published in 2010

5m/5f (10) 2h33m

Bedroom Farce

Yes

Yes

Yes

  4m/4f (8) 2h17m

Body Language

Yes

Yes

Yes

  5m/3f (8) 2h30m

The Boy Who Fell Into A Book

Yes

Yes

Yes

  3m/3f (6) 1h53m

By Jeeves

No

Yes

Yes

Contact Really Useful Group for details

7m/3f (10)

tbc

Callisto 5

Yes

Yes

Yes

  2m (2) tbc

Callisto#7

No

Yes

Yes

Enquiries should be made to Alan's agents

2m/2f (4) 1h10m

The Champion Of Paribanou

Yes

Yes

Yes

  7m/3f (10) 2h30m

A Chorus Of Disapproval

Yes

Yes

Yes

  7m/6f (13) 2h36m

Christmas V Mastermind

No

No

No

Not published; Productions rights unavailable

- -

Comic Potential

Yes

Yes

Yes

  5m/5f (10) 2h45m

Communicating Doors

Yes

Yes

Yes

  3m/3f (6) 2h30m

Confusions

Yes

Yes

Yes

  3m/2f (5) tbc

Dad's Tale

No

No

No

Not published; Productions rights unavailable

- -

Damsels In Distress (trilogy)

Yes

Yes

Yes

  3m/4f (7) -

Dreams From A Summer House

Yes

Yes

Yes

  4m/4f (8) 2h40m

Drowning On Dry Land

Yes

Yes

Yes

  4m/3f (7) 2h23m

Family Circles

Yes

Yes

Yes

  4m/4f (8) tbc

FlatSpin

Yes

Yes

Yes

  4m/3f (7) 2h30m

GamePlan

Yes

Yes

Yes

  4m/3f (7) 2h30m

Haunting Julia

Yes

Yes

No

Amateur enquiries contact Alan's agents

3m (3) 1h50m

Henceforward...

Yes

Yes

Yes

  2m/3f (5) tbc

House & Garden

Yes

Yes

Yes

Both plays should be produced together

6m/8f (14) 2h25m each

How The Other Half Loves

Yes

Yes

Yes

  3m/3f (6) 2h20m

If I Were You

Yes

Yes

No

Amateur enquiries contact Alan's agents

3m/2f (5) 2h25m

Improbable Fiction

Yes

Yes

Yes

  3m/4f (7) 2h30m

Intimate Exchanges

Yes

Yes

Yes

  1m/1f (2) 2h12m-2h32m

Invisible Friends

Yes

Yes

Yes

  4m/3f (7) tbc

It Could Be Any One Of Us

Yes

Yes

Yes

  3m/3f (6) tbc

Jeeves

No

No

No

Not published; Productions rights unavailable

- -

Joking Apart

Yes

Yes

Yes

  4m/4f (8) 2h12m

The Jollies

Yes

Yes

Yes

  4m/4f (8) 2h08m

Just Between Ourselves

Yes

Yes

Yes

  2m/3f (5) 1h54m

Living Together

Yes

Yes

Yes

  3m/3f (6) hj15m

Life & Beth

No

Yes

No

Enquiries should be made to Alan's agents

3m/3f (6) 2h

Life Of Riley

No Yes No

Enquiries should be made to Alan's agents

- -

Love After All

No

No

No

Not published; Production rights unavailable

- -

Making Tracks

No

No

No

Not published; Production rights unavailable

- -

Man Of The Moment

Yes

Yes

Yes

  5m/5f (10) 2h25m

Miss Yesterday

No

Yes

Yes

Enquiries should be made to Alan's agents

3m/4f (7) 1h37m

Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays

Yes

Yes

Yes

  6m/2f (8) 1h42m

Mr Whatnot

Yes

Yes

Yes

  4m/3f (7) tbc

The Musical Jigsaw Play

No

No

No

Not published; Production rights unavailable

- -

My Sister Sadie

Yes

Yes

Yes

  3m/3f (6) 1h48m

My Very Own Story

Yes

Yes

Yes

  7m/6f (13) 1h54m

My Wonderful Day

No

Yes

No

Enquiries should be made to Alan's agents

2m/4f (6) 1h45m

The Norman Conquests (trilogy)

Yes

Yes

Yes

  3m/3f (6) -

Orvin - Champion Of Champions

Yes

Yes

Yes

  15m/7f (22+) 1h55m

Private Fears In Public Places

Yes

Yes

Yes

One act full length play 4m/3f (7) 1h50m

Relatively Speaking

Yes

Yes

Yes

  2m/2f (4) 2h20m

The Revengers' Comedies (pt.1 & 2)

Yes

Yes

Yes

  7m/7f (14) 2h22/2h35

RolePlay

Yes

Yes

Yes

  3m/4f (7) 2h19m

Round And Round The Garden

Yes

Yes

Yes

  3m/3f (6) 2h20m

Season's Greetings

Yes

Yes

Yes

  5m/4f (9) 2h51m

Sisterly Feelings

Yes

Yes

Yes

  7m/4f (11) tbc

A Small Family Business

Yes

Yes

Yes

  7m/6f (11) tbc

Snake In The Grass

Yes

Yes

Yes

  3f (3) 2h

The Sparrow

No

No

No

Not published; Production rights unavailable

- -

The Square Cat

No

No

No

Not published; Production rights unavailable

- -

Standing Room Only

No

No

No

Not published; Production rights unavailable

- -

Suburban Strains

Yes

Yes

Yes

  4m/3f (7) 2h24m

Sugar Daddies

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

2m/3f (5) 2h40m

Taking Steps

Yes

Yes

Yes

  4m/2f (6) 2h11m

Ten Times Table

Yes

Yes

Yes

  6m/4f (10) tbc

Table Manners

Yes

Yes

Yes

  3m/3f (6) 2h25m

Things We Do For Love

Yes

Yes

Yes

  2m/2f (4) 2h40m

This Is Where We Came In

Yes

Yes

Yes

  5m/4f (9) 2h11m

Time And Time Again

Yes

Yes

Yes

  3m/2f (5) tbc

Time Of My Life

Yes

Yes

Yes

  4m/3f (7) tbc

Virtual Reality

No

No

No

Not published; Production rights unavailable

- -

Way Upstream

Yes

Yes

Yes

  3m/4f (7) 2h04m

Whenever

Yes

Yes

Yes

  5m/4f (7) 2h25m

Wildest Dreams

Yes

Yes

Yes

  4m/4f (8) 2h26m

Woman In Mind

Yes

Yes

Yes

  4m/3f (7) 2h25m

A Word From Our Sponsor

Yes

Yes

Yes

  5m/5f (10) 2h38m
             

Revues

Published

Available
(Professional)

Available
(Amateur)

Notes

Cast

(M/F)

Running Time

(approx.)

Boy Meets Girl / Girl Meets Boy

No

Yes

Yes

Enquiries should be made to Alan's agents

1m/2f (3) -

Cheap And Cheerful

No

Yes

Yes

Enquiries should be made to Alan's agents

3m/2f (5) -

First Course

No

Yes

Yes

Enquiries should be made to Alan's agents

2m/2f (4) -

Incidental Music

No

Yes

Yes

Enquiries should be made to Alan's agents

3m/3f (6) -

Me, Myself And I

Yes

Yes

Yes

  3m/1f (4) -

Men On Women On Men

No

Yes

Yes

Enquiries should be made to Alan's agents

2m/2f (4) -

Mere Soup Songs

No

Yes

Yes

Enquiries should be made to Alan's agents

2m/2f (4)

-

Second Helping

No

Yes

Yes

Enquiries should be made to Alan's agents

2m/2f (4) -

The 7 Deadly Virtues

No

Yes

Yes

Enquiries should be made to Alan's agents

4m/3f (7) -

The Westwoods

No

Yes

Yes

Enquiries should be made to Alan's agents

4m/4f (8) -
             

Adaptations

Published

Available
(Professional)

Available
(Amateur)

Notes

Cast

(M/F)

Running Time

(approx.)

The Forest

Yes

Yes

Yes

Amateur enquiries contact Alan's agents

8m/3f (11) -

Tons Of Money

Yes

Yes

Yes

  6m/4f (10) -

A Trip To Scarborough

No

Yes

Yes

Enquiries should be made to Alan's agents

8m/3f (11) -

Wolf At The Door

Yes

Yes

Yes

  10m/5f (15) -
             

Plays for children and young people

Published

Available
(Professional)

Available
(Amateur)

Notes

Cast

(M/F)

Running Time

(approx.)

Ernie's Incredible Illucinations

Yes

Yes

Yes

  - -

The Girl Who Lost Her Voice

No

Yes

Yes

Enquiries should be made to Alan's agents

- -

Gizmo

Yes

Yes

Yes

  - -

The Inside Outside Slide Show

No

Yes

Yes

Enquiries should be made to Alan's agents

- -

Miranda's Magic Mirror

No

Yes

Yes

Enquiries should be made to Alan's agents

- -

The Princess And The Mouse

No

No

No

  - -

The Ten Magic Bridges

No

Yes

Yes

Enquiries should be made to Alan's agents

- -
             

Miscellany

Published

Available
(Professional)

Available
(Amateur)

Notes

Cast

(M/F)

Running Time

(approx.)

Countdown

Yes

Yes

Yes

Published as part of Mixed Doubles

1m/1f (2)

-

A Cut In The Rates

Yes

Yes

Yes

  1m/2f (3) -
             

Alan Ayckbourn's Agent / Professional Performance Enquiries

For all enquiries about professional performances of Alan Ayckbourn's plays - either in the UK or internationally - contact Alan's agent at the address below. Applications for permission for any professional performance must be made prior to any proposed use.

Casarotto Ramsay & Associates Ltd
National House
60-66 Wardour Street
London
W1V 4ND
Tel: 00 44 20 7287 4450 Fax: 00 44 20 7287 9128
e-mail: tom@casarotto.co.uk

 
 

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