Alan Ayckbourn: Plays Cast Sizes

This page offers a guide to cast sizes for Alan Ayckbourn's full-length plays, one act plays and adaptations including male / female breakdown.
Play Title
Absent Friends
Absurd Person Singular
All Lies
Anno Domino
Arrivals & Departures
Awaking Beauty
Bedroom Farce
Better Off Dead
Birthdays Past, Birthdays Present
Body Language
The Boy Who Fell Into A Book
The Boy Who Fell... (musical)
A Brief History of Women
By Jeeves
Callisto 5
Callisto#7
The Champion Of Paribanou
A Chorus Of Disapproval
Comic Potential
Communicating Doors
Confusions
Constant Companions
Consuming Passions
Dreams From A Summer House
Drowning On Dry Land
Earth Angel
Family Album
Family Circles
FlatSpin
GamePlan
The Girl Next Door
Haunting Julia
Henceforward...
Hero’s Welcome
House & Garden
How The Other Half Loves
If I Were You
Improbable Fiction
Intimate Exchanges
Invisible Friends
It Could Be Any One Of Us
Joking Apart
The Jollies
Just Between Ourselves
Living Together
Life & Beth
Life Of Riley
Making Tracks
Man Of The Moment
Miss Yesterday
Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays
Mr Whatnot
My Sister Sadie
My Very Own Story
My Wonderful Day
Neighbourhood Watch
The Norman Conquests (trilogy)
Private Fears In Public Places
Relatively Speaking
The Revengers' Comedies
RolePlay
Round And Round The Garden
Roundelay
Season's Greetings
Show & Tell
Sisterly Feelings
A Small Family Business
Snake In The Grass
Suburban Strains
Sugar Daddies
Surprises
Taking Steps
Ten Times Table
Table Manners
Things We Do For Love
This Is Where We Came In
Time And Time Again
Time Of My Life
Way Upstream
Welcome to the Family
Whenever
Wildest Dreams
Woman In Mind
A Word From Our Sponsor

One Act / Short Plays

Chlöe With Love
Countdown
A Cut In The Rates
Farcicals
The Kidderminster Affair
No Knowing

Adaptations
Dear Uncle
The Forest
Tons Of Money
A Trip To Scarborough
Wolf At The Door
Cast
6
6
3
6
11
10
8
7
4
8
6
6
6
10
3
4
10
13
10
6
5
7
4
8
7
5
8
7
7
4
3
5
6
14
6
5
7
2
7
6
8
8
5
6
6
9
6
10
7
8
7
7
13
6
8
6
7
4
14
7
6
8
9
5
11
13
3
7
5
6
6
10
6
4
9
5
7
7
5
9
8
8
9


4
2
3
4
4
4


8
9
10
11
16
Cast Breakdown
3m / 3f
3m / 3f
1m / 2f
3m / 3f
7m / 4f
5m / 5f
4m / 4f
4m / 3f
2m / 2f
5m / 3f
3m / 3f
3m / 3f
3m / 3f
7m / 3f
2m / 1f
2m / 2f
7m / 3f
7m / 6f
5m / 5f
3m / 3f
3m / 2f
3m / 4f
2m / 2f
4m / 4f
4m / 3f
5m / 3f
1m / 4f
4m / 4f
4m / 3f
4m / 3f
2m / 2f
3m
2m / 3f
3m / 3f
6m / 8f
3m / 3f
3m / 2f
3m / 4f
1m / 1f
4m / 3f
3m / 3f
4m / 4f
4m / 4f
2m / 3f
3m / 3f
3m / 3f
6m / 3f
3m / 3f
5m / 5f
3m / 4f
6m / 2f
3m / 4f
3m / 4f
7m / 6f
2m / 4f
4m / 4f
3m / 3f
4m / 3f
2m / 2f
7m / 7f
3m / 4f
3m / 3f
4m / 4f
5m / 4f
3m / 2f
7m / 4f
7m / 6f
3f
4m / 3f
2m / 3f
3m / 3f
4m / 2f
6m / 4f
3m / 3f
2m / 2f
5m / 4f
3m / 2f
4m / 3f
3m / 4f
3m / 2f
5m / 4f
4m / 4f
5m / 3f
4m / 5f


2m / 2f
1m / 1f
1m / 2f
2m / 2f
2m / 2f
2m / 2f


4m / 4f
8m / 3f
6m / 4f
8m / 3f
10m / 6f
All research in this section is by Simon Murgatroyd and should be credited if reproduced.