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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Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2024

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 • Dec. 20, 2023

Billington’s many books include critical studies of Tom Stoppard and Alan Ayckbourn and biographies of Harold Pinter and Peggy Ashcroft.

From The Guardian • Nov. 5, 2019

Though calculations vary, “A Brief History of Women” is generally believed to be the 81st play written by the 79-year-old Mr. Ayckbourn, whose portfolio brims with sui generis comic masterpieces.

From New York Times • May 2, 2018

His vast range included plays by Anton Chekhov, Arthur Miller and Alan Ayckbourn, seldom in heroic parts.

From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2016