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130 produkter
Three Plays - Absurd Person Singular, Absent Friends, Bedroom Farce
Häftad, 2010
179 kr
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'What is remarkable about Alan Ayckbourn's comedy is that it contrives to be simultaneously hilarious and harrowing. Literally, it is agonisingly funny'Daily TelegraphIn Three Plays Ayckbourn's perfectly pitched dialogue slices into the soul of suburbia. The settings are simple - a kitchen, a …
Wildest Dreams
Häftad, 1993
184 kr
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Stanley, Hazel, Warren and Rick make the weekly escape from their real life nightmares into a role-playing board game peopled by dragons and monsters. A safe world where the dangers are of their own imagining; where they are free to become heroes of their own devising.But how clear is the dividing …
Alan Ayckbourn Plays 1
Häftad, 1995
251 kr
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The first volume of Alan Ayckbourn's collected work contains his morality plays from the 1980s. It includes the plays A Chorus of Disapproval, A Small Family Business, Henceforward . . ., and Man of the Moment.
Communicating Doors
Häftad, 1995
184 kr
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How Ms Poopay Dayseer, a twenty-first century Specialist Sexual Consultant, whilst peddling her 'services' to an elderly hotel room client unexpectedly finds herself running for her life. How her flight through a communicating door brings her face to face with her own past and with Ruella who …
Alan Ayckbourn Plays 2
Ernie’s Incredible Illucinations; Invisible Friends; This is Where We Came In; My Very Own Story; The Champion of Paribanou
Häftad, 1998
307 kr
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A treat to read and a joy to perform, this second collection of Alan Ayckbourn's work is a cornucopia of some of his wonderfully inventive children's plays. From the story of the teenage Lucy in Invisible Friends who revives her childhood imaginary friend when things get difficult at home, onto the …
Boy Who Fell into a Book
Häftad, 2000
137 kr
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Rockfist Slim's enemies have just plunged him into yet another desperate situation when Kevin has to close his detective book and go to sleep. But his own adventure is only just beginning. Fast-moving, fun and full of special effects, Ayckbourn's wonderfully inventive play for children brings alive …
Whenever
Häftad, 2002
178 kr
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A gloriously inventive play for children by Alan Ayckbourn, Britain's most popular and most frequently performed playwright.'Something to savour. A historical-futuristic-farcical-grown-up-romantic musical adventure. Far too good to be wasted on adults.' Guardian'Rather brilliant.' The …
Crafty Art of Playmaking
Häftad, 2004
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
163 kr
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With over sixty plays written and premièred at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough before going on to play in the West End or the Royal National Theatre, London, or Broadway, Alan Ayckbourn's expertise in writing and directing plays is unsurpassed.For the first time, here in The Crafty Art of …
Jollies
Häftad, 2002
149 kr
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I mean, what do you do when you suddenly find you've got a mother who's younger than you are? And a kid brother who turns out to be twenty years older than you? Right. You panic.Yes, eleven-year-old Polly has quite a problem. Now the police are after her as well. Not to mention the Social Services. …
Orvin: Champion of Champions
Häftad, 2003
144 kr
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The chorus of gods set out to relate the tale of the Great Ulmar, legendary warrior and champion of Sollistis. But their narrative suffers a major technical hitch when Orvin, Ulmar's hopeless squire, oversleeps on the eve of battle. What follows proves a challenge even to such seasoned storytellers …
Alan Ayckbourn Plays 3
Haunting Julia; Sugar Daddies; Drowning on Dry Land; Private Fears in Public Places
Häftad, 2005
246 kr
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This third volume of Alan Ayckbourn plays includes Haunting Julia, Sugar Daddies, Drowning on Dry Land and Private Fears in Public Places, with an introduction by the author.Haunting Julia'A play for today. It touches on the failures of education and parenting, on media pressure and overdoses. Kurt …
Season's Greetings
E-bok, 2010
145 kr
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Now we don't want to start Christmas like this, do we?Cheating at snakes and ladders, fighting over comic books, a bungled infidelity beneath the tree. Christmas has arrived in the Bunker household along with family and friends. But as the children lurk just out of sight, it's the adults who are …
Alan Ayckbourn Plays 5
Snake in the Grass; If I Were You; Life and Beth; My Wonderful Day; Life of Riley
E-bok, 2011
230 kr
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Snake in the GrassA terrific piece - brilliant, bizarre and yet totally believable . . . In fact, it's more than classic; it's close to the top of its class. Yorkshire Post If I Were YouA blissfully funny comedy that's also filled with sadness, a devilishly simple theatrical idea that spins out all …
Alan Ayckbourn Plays 4
E-bok, 2011
230 kr
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The Revengers' ComediesA hugely entertaining pitch that recalls the old movies to which it frequently pays homage - Strangers on a Train, Rebecca, Kind Hearts and Coronets - and expands after intermission to reveal an immensely disturbing vision of contemporary middle-class England poisoned by the …
Surprises
E-bok, 2012
148 kr
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Love stories yet to happen, in a future filled with surprises.Who is the amorous stranger, Titus, who materialises in young Grace's bedroom? Can she believe he is who he says he is? For her parents, Franklin and Martha, does love everlasting still hold true if death is postponed indefinitely? Can …
Small Family Business
Häftad, 2014
142 kr
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Well, that's one down, isn't it? Nine to go. Next! Thou shalt not kill. What about that then? Let's have a crack at that one next, shall we?Jack McCracken is a man of principle until, moments after taking over his father-in-law's business, he discovers his extended family to be thieves and …
Small Family Business
E-bok, 2014
148 kr
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Well, that's one down, isn't it. Nine to go. Next! Thou shalt not kill. What about that then? Let's have a crack at that one next, shall we?Jack McCracken: a man of principle in a corrupt world. But not for long. Moments after taking over his father-in-law's business he's approached by a private …
Woman in Mind
E-bok, 2014
148 kr
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The central character of Alan Ayckbourn's new play is Susan, a parson's wife, 'one of the most moving and devastating that he has created...'Robin Thornber reviewing the first production in Scarborough in the Guardian.
Alan Ayckbourn Plays 1
E-bok, 2014
230 kr
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The first volume of Alan Ayckbourn's collected work contains his morality plays from the 1980s. It includes the plays A Chorus of Disapproval, A Small Family Business, Henceforward . . ., and Man of the Moment.
Communicating Doors
E-bok, 2014
148 kr
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How Ms Poopay Dayseer, a twenty-first century Specialist Sexual Consultant, whilst peddling her 'services' to an elderly hotel room client unexpectedly finds herself running for her life. How her flight through a communicating door brings her face to face with her own past and with Ruella who …
Alan Ayckbourn Plays 2
Ernie’S Incredible Illucinations; Invisible Friends; This is Where We Came in; My Very Own Story; the Champion of Paribanou
E-bok, 2014
230 kr
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A treat to read and a joy to perform, this second collection of Alan Ayckbourn's work is a cornucopia of some of his wonderfully inventive children's plays. From the story of the teenage Lucy in Invisible Friends who revives her childhood imaginary friend when things get difficult at home, onto the …
Boy Who Fell into a Book
E-bok, 2014
115 kr
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Rockfist Slim's enemies have just plunged him into yet another desperate situation when Kevin has to close his detective book and go to sleep. But his own adventure is only just beginning. Fast-moving, fun and full of special effects, Ayckbourn's wonderfully inventive play for children brings alive …
Damsels in Distress
E-bok, 2014
164 kr
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This is a trilogy of plays by the most performed playwright in the world, all set in a flat in Docklands. Lynette's teenage daughter comes up with a surprising way to save the family finances. A night of passion takes a mysterious and dangerous turn. An important family occasion is thrown into …
Crafty Art of Playmaking
E-bok, 2014
145 kr
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With over sixty plays written and premièred at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough before going on to play in the West End or the Royal National Theatre, London, or Broadway, Alan Ayckbourn's expertise in writing and directing plays is unsurpassed.For the first time, here in The Crafty Art of …
Alan Ayckbourn Plays 3
Haunting Julia; Sugar Daddies; Drowning on Dry Land; Private Fears in Public Places
E-bok, 2014
225 kr
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This third volume of Alan Ayckbourn plays includes Haunting Julia, Sugar Daddies, Drowning on Dry Land and Private Fears in Public Places, with an introduction by the author.Haunting Julia'A play for today. It touches on the failures of education and parenting, on media pressure and overdoses. Kurt …
Invisible Friends
E-bok, 2015
148 kr
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Alan Ayckbourn's play is about a very ordinary teenager called Lucy. With her father glued to the cowboys on the telly, her mother preoccupied with neighbourly gossip and her brother enclosed in his ear-phones, no one wants to know about her place in the school swimming team. So Lucy revives her …
Alan Ayckbourn: Plays 6
Time of My Life; Neighbourhood Watch; Arrivals and Departures; Hero’s Welcome; A Brief History of Women
Häftad, 2018
234 kr
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With an Introduction by the author.'The prolific master of suburban mayhem has still got his mojo.' Evening StandardTime of My Life'One of Mr. Ayckbourn's most virtuosic experiments in postmodern narrative.' Wall Street JournalNeighbourhood Watch'Ayckbourn's tartly topical, pitch-black comedy, a …
