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Alan Ayckbourn: The Definitive List Of Plays (1959 - present day)

This is a complete and definitive list of Alan Ayckbourn's plays and other writing to the present day.

 

For in-depth details on specific plays, click on the play title. For a downloadable version of this list, click here.

 

Full Length Plays (click on a title to learn more)

1959

The Square Cat

 

1985

Woman In Mind

1959

Love After All

 

1987

A Small Family Business

1960

Dad’s Tale

 

1987

Henceforward…

1961

Standing Room Only

 

1988

Man Of The Moment

1962

Christmas V Mastermind

 

1988

Mr. A’s Amazing Maze Plays

1963

Mr Whatnot

 

1989

The Revengers’ Comedies (pt. 1 & pt. 2)

1965

Meet My Father - subsequently

 

1989

Invisible Friends


Relatively Speaking (revised 1967)

 

1990

Body Language - subsequently

1967

The Sparrow

 


Body Language (revised 1998)

1969

How The Other Half Loves

 

1990

This Is Where We Came In

1970

The Story So Far… - subsequently

 

1990

Callisto 5 - subsequently


Me Times Me Time Me (revised 1971) - subsequently

 


Callisto#7 (revised 1999)


Me Times Me (revised 1971) - subsequently

 

1991

Wildest Dreams


Family Circles (revised 1978)

 

1991

My Very Own Story

1971

Time And Time Again

 

1992

Time Of My Life

1972

Absurd Person Singular

 

1992

Dreams From A Summer House (with John Pattison)

1973

The Norman Conquests - comprising

 

1994

Communicating Doors


Fancy Meeting You - subsequently

 

1994

Haunting Julia


Table Manners (retitled 1974)

 

1994

The Musical Jigsaw Play (with John Pattison)


Make Yourself At Home - subsequently

 

1995

A Word From Our Sponsor (with John Pattison)


Living Together (retitled 1974)

 

1996

The Champion Of Paribanou


Round And Round The Garden

 

1997

Things We Do For Love

1974

Absent Friends

 

1998

Comic Potential

1974

Confusions

 

1998

The Boy Who Fell Into A Book

1975

Jeeves (with Andrew Lloyd Webber) - subsequently

 

1999

House &


By Jeeves (with Andrew Lloyd Webber) (revised 1996)

 

1999

Garden

1975

Bedroom Farce

 

2000

Virtual Reality

1976

Just Between Ourselves

 

2000

Whenever (with Denis King)

1977

Ten Times Table

 

2001

Damsels In Distress - comprising

1978

Joking Apart

 


GamePlan

1979

Sisterly Feelings

 


FlatSpin

1979

Taking Steps

 


RolePlay

1980

Suburban Strains (with Paul Todd)

 

2002

Snake In The Grass

1980

Season’s Greetings

 

2002

The Jollies

1981

Way Upstream

 

2003

Sugar Daddies

1981

Making Tracks (with Paul Todd)

 

2003

Orvin: Champion Of Champions (with Denis King)

1982

Intimate Exchanges - comprising

 

2003

My Sister Sadie


Events On A Hotel Terrace

 

2004

Drowning On Dry Land


Affairs In A Tent

 

2004

Private Fears In Public Places


Love In The Mist

 

2004

Miss Yesterday


A Cricket Match

 

2005

Improbable Fiction


A Game Of Golf

 

2006

If I Were You


A Pageant

 

2008

Life & Beth


A Garden Fete

 

2008

Awaking Beauty (with Denis King)


A One Man Protest

 

2009

My Wonderful Day

1983

It Could Be Any One Of Us - subsequently

 

2010

Life Of Riley


It Could Be Any One Of Us (revised 1996)

 

2011

Neighbourhood Watch

1984

A Chorus Of Disapproval

  2012 Surprises
         

Revues (composer in parenthesis)

1978

Men On Women On Men (with Paul Todd)

 

1984

The Westwoods (with Paul Todd)

1980

First Course (with Paul Todd)

 

1985

Boy Meets Girl (with Paul Todd)

1980

Second Helping (with Paul Todd)

 

1985

Girl Meets Boy (with Paul Todd)

1981

Me, Myself & I (with Paul Todd)

 

1986

Mere Soup Songs (with Paul Todd)

1983

Incidental Music (with Paul Todd)

 

1998

Cheap And Cheerful (with Denis King)

1984

The 7 Deadly Virtues (with Paul Todd)

     
         

One Act Plays

1962

Countdown

 

1984

A Cut In The Rates

         

Plays For Children And Young People

1969

Ernie’s Incredible Illucinations

 

2003

The Ten Magic Bridges

1989

The Inside Outside Slide Show

 

2004

Miranda’s Magic Mirror

1999

Gizmo

 

2005

The Girl Who Lost Her Voice

2002

The Princess And The Mouse

     
         

Adaptations (original author and translator - where applicable - in parenthesis)

1982

A Trip To Scarborough (R B Sheridan)

 

1999

The Forest (Ostrovsky; translation by Vera Liber)

1985

Tons Of Money (Will Evans & Valentine)

 

2011

Dear Uncle (Chekhov; translation by Vera Liber)

1989

Wolf At The Door (Henry Becque; trans. David Walker)

     
         

Screenplays

1974

Service Not Included

     
         

Books

2002

The Crafty Art Of Playmaking

     
         

The Grey Plays (Performed but never published and not included in the canon)

1960

Double Hitch

 

1983

Backnumbers (with Paul Todd)

1961

Love Undertaken  

1987

An Evening With PALOS

1962

Follow The Lover

 

1991

Ron & Julie

1975

Dracula (sketch from What The Devil!)

 

1992

Between The Lines (by Paul Todd / Lyrics: Ayckbourn)

1977

The Jubilee Show

 

2005

Untitled Farce

         

Early Writing (confirmed as written and attributable to Alan Ayckbourn)

1957 (circa)

The Season*

 

1959 (circa)

Relative Values*

1958 (circa)

The Party Game*

 

1959 (circa)

Mind Over Murder*

         
* Although manuscripts exist for these plays, they are not available nor considered part of Alan Ayckbourn's acknowledged canon - predating in all likelihood his first acknowledged and produced play The Square Cat. The surviving manuscripts of these plays are held in The Ayckbourn Archive at the Borthwick Institute at the University Of York.
         
 

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