Alan Ayckbourn: Careers & Timeline
This section offers an in-depth look at Alan Ayckbourn's many careers within professional theatre. Although primarily known as a playwright & director, Alan Ayckbourn's career in theatre has been wide-ranging and his position as Artistic Director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre is as crucial to understanding Ayckbourn as his playwriting & directing careers.Theatre Careers
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Alan Ayckbourn: A Careers Timeline
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Actor with Sir Donald Wolfit's company
Student Assistant Stage Manager & Actor at Connaught Theatre, Worthing
Acting Stage Manager & Actor at Leatherhead Theatre Club
Assistant Stage Manager & Actor at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Actor at the Oxford Playhouse
Stage Manager at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Actor at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Playwright
Director
Director, writer and actor at the Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent
Radio Drama Producer at the BBC
Director Of Productions at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Screenplay writer for Hark At Barker on ITV (using the pseudonym Peter Caulfield)
Artistic Director of Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre (later the Stephen Joseph Theatre)
Company Director at the National Theatre, London
Cameron Mackintosh Professor of Contemporary Theatre at Oxford University
Guest Director at the Stephen Joseph Theatre and other venues
Director Emeritus at the Stephen Joseph Theatre
Author of The Divide - his first prose novel
Student Assistant Stage Manager & Actor at Connaught Theatre, Worthing
Acting Stage Manager & Actor at Leatherhead Theatre Club
Assistant Stage Manager & Actor at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Actor at the Oxford Playhouse
Stage Manager at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Actor at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Playwright
Director
Director, writer and actor at the Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent
Radio Drama Producer at the BBC
Director Of Productions at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Screenplay writer for Hark At Barker on ITV (using the pseudonym Peter Caulfield)
Artistic Director of Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre (later the Stephen Joseph Theatre)
Company Director at the National Theatre, London
Cameron Mackintosh Professor of Contemporary Theatre at Oxford University
Guest Director at the Stephen Joseph Theatre and other venues
Director Emeritus at the Stephen Joseph Theatre
Author of The Divide - his first prose novel
Alan Ayckbourn: Life & Biography
For a in-depth exploration of Alan Ayckbourn's life including biographies and a year-by-year guide to significant events, visit the Life section of the website.All material within this website © Haydonning Ltd except where noted. Header Alan Ayckbourn portrait © Andrew Higgins. Contact the website.