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Ayckbourn

British  
/ ˈeɪkbɔːn /

noun

  1. Sir Alan. born 1939, English dramatist. His plays include Absurd Person Singular (1973), the trilogy The Norman Conquests (1974), A Chorus of Disapproval (1985), House and Garden (2000), and Private Fears in Public Places (2004)

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From December, Ranganathan will also appear in a new production of Alan Ayckbourn's Woman in Mind.

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Ayckbourn's psychological comedy follows a woman named Susan, who has an accident that leaves her with a head injury.

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Sitting in his Scarborough home that once belonged to the "extraordinary" Stephen Joseph, playwright Sir Alan Ayckbourn reflects on his career.

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Playwright Alan Ayckbourn, who directed Gambon in his Olivier Award-winning performance in “A View From the Bridge,” accurately eulogized his acting as a form of “spontaneous combustion.”

From Los Angeles Times

He quickly became well-known for his work in a number of Alan Ayckbourn plays.

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