Alan Ayckbourn: Plays Directed

The Parasol (1988)

Production Details

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New Play:

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Opening night:
Final performance:

Frank Dunai
Yes

Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round
Main house (Round)
Round

6 July 1988
6 July 1988
10 September 1988

Company Details

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Lighting:
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Tenor:

Stage Manager:
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Deputy Stage Manager:
Asst. Stage Manager:
Asst. Stage Manager:

Alan Ayckbourn
Mick Thomas
Michael Holt
Vincent Billington
Steven Welford

Vaughan Curtis
Kate Haswell
David O'Neill
Braco Dawson
Sarah Percival

Character
Alexei
Yulia
Dr Byelavin
Panaurov
Fyodor
Pochatkin
Laptev
Polina
Yartsev
Pyotr

Actor
Peter Forbes
Francesca Buller
Peter Laird
Jon Strickland
John Gillett
Daniel Collings
Graeme Eton
Lynette Edwards
Simon Chandler
Adam Godley

Notes

○ The Parasol was a new adaptation of Chekhov's novel Three Years.
○ The image features Alan Ayckbourn (far left) and the company of The Parasol recreating the famed photograph of Anton Chekhov reading to his actors; the place of Chekhov here taken by The Parasol's author Frank Dunai.

All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd. Image copyright: Scarborough Theatre Trust.