Plays Directed by Alan Ayckbourn: 1961 - 1976
This is a list of plays directed by Alan Ayckbourn between 1961 and 1976 (whilst based at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough). Click on a play title for more information about the production.
Note: Premiere refers to the first night of the show, not the official opening night. Productions with a * indicate a world premiere.
Note: Premiere refers to the first night of the show, not the official opening night. Productions with a * indicate a world premiere.
Play
1961
Gaslight
Two For The Seesaw
Green Sunset - consisting:
Little Brother, Little Sister
Mutatis Mutandis
Out Of The Flying Pan
David Copperfield*
The Boys And The Girls*
1962
Nine Floors Not Counting the Mezzanine
A Thief In Time*
The Caretaker
The Caretaker
1963
The Mating Season*
The Referees*
Standing Room Only
The Rainbow Machine
Miss Julie
Mr Whatnot*
The Glass Menagerie
1967
The Sparrow*
1968
The Wizard Of Oz*
Mr Whatnot (amateur)
1969
The Dynamic Death-Defying Leap
Of Timothy Satupon The Great*
A Little Stiff Built Chap
How The Other Half Loves*
1970
Wife Swapping – Italian Style
The Shy Gasman*
The Story So Far…*
Relatively Speaking (amateur)
1971
Time And Time Again*
1972
Carmilla*
Absurd Person Singular*
Uncle Vanya
Tom, Dick And Harry*
1973
Fancy Meeting You*
Make Yourself At Home*
Round And Round The Garden*
(The above comprise The Norman Conquests)
1974
Absent Friends*
Double Bill: Black Comedy
Double Bill: Albert
Away From It All*
The Breadwinner
Confusions*
But Fred Freud Is Dead
Frost At Midnight
1975
Bedroom Farce*
Angels In Love
Confusions
An Englishman’s Home*
The Chimes*
The Norman Conquests (uncredited)
1976 (Library Theatre)
Just Between Ourselves*
Just Between Ourselves
Comic Pictures: Cards
Comic Pictures: Stars*
Mother Country*
Gaslight
Two For The Seesaw
Green Sunset - consisting:
Little Brother, Little Sister
Mutatis Mutandis
Out Of The Flying Pan
David Copperfield*
The Boys And The Girls*
1962
Nine Floors Not Counting the Mezzanine
A Thief In Time*
The Caretaker
The Caretaker
1963
The Mating Season*
The Referees*
Standing Room Only
The Rainbow Machine
Miss Julie
Mr Whatnot*
The Glass Menagerie
1967
The Sparrow*
1968
The Wizard Of Oz*
Mr Whatnot (amateur)
1969
The Dynamic Death-Defying Leap
Of Timothy Satupon The Great*
A Little Stiff Built Chap
How The Other Half Loves*
1970
Wife Swapping – Italian Style
The Shy Gasman*
The Story So Far…*
Relatively Speaking (amateur)
1971
Time And Time Again*
1972
Carmilla*
Absurd Person Singular*
Uncle Vanya
Tom, Dick And Harry*
1973
Fancy Meeting You*
Make Yourself At Home*
Round And Round The Garden*
(The above comprise The Norman Conquests)
1974
Absent Friends*
Double Bill: Black Comedy
Double Bill: Albert
Away From It All*
The Breadwinner
Confusions*
But Fred Freud Is Dead
Frost At Midnight
1975
Bedroom Farce*
Angels In Love
Confusions
An Englishman’s Home*
The Chimes*
The Norman Conquests (uncredited)
1976 (Library Theatre)
Just Between Ourselves*
Just Between Ourselves
Comic Pictures: Cards
Comic Pictures: Stars*
Mother Country*
Author
Patrick Hamilton
William Gibson
David Campton
David Campton
David Campton
David Campton
Joan MacAlpine
David Campton
William Norfolk
Joan MacAlpine
Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter
Alan Plater
Alan Plater
Alan Ayckbourn
Alan Plater
August Strindberg
Alan Ayckbourn
Tennessee Williams
Alan Ayckbourn
Alfred Bradley
Alan Ayckbourn
Peter Hawkins
Leonard Barras
Alan Ayckbourn
Leon Katz
Leonard Barras
Alan Ayckbourn
Alan Ayckbourn
Alan Ayckbourn
David Campton
Alan Ayckbourn
Anton Chekhov
Peter Blythe
Alan Ayckbourn
Alan Ayckbourn
Alan Ayckbourn
Alan Ayckbourn
Peter Shaffer
Richard Harris
Peter King
Somerset Maugham
Alan Ayckbourn
Peter Terson
Andre Obey
Alan Ayckbourn
Hugh Mills
Alan Ayckbourn
Stephen Mallatratt
Stephen Mallatratt
Alan Ayckbourn
Alan Ayckbourn
Alan Ayckbourn
Stephen Lowe
Stephen Lowe
Stephen Mallatratt
Premiere
29 June
10 August
2 November
11 December
26 December
Spring
12 June
16 August
22 October
21 January
21 January
15 April
10 June
10 June
12 November
To be confirmed
13 July
8 August
5 November
23 June
3 July
31 July
15 June
16 July
20 August
November
8 July
19 June
26 June
17 July
7 August
18 June
25 June
9 July
17 June
24 June
24 June
15 July
12 August
30 September
6 December
27 December
16 June
14 July
4 August
15 October
18 December
Dates TBC
28 January
17 June
21 July
21 July
25 August
Location
Scarborough
Scarborough
Wellingborough
Scarborough
Scarborough
London
Scarborough
Scarborough
Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent
Scarborough
York
Leeds
Scarborough
Scarborough
Scarborough
Scarborough
Scarborough
Scarborough
Leeds
Scarborough
Scarborough
Scarborough
Scarborough
Scarborough
Scarborough
Scarborough
Scarborough
Scarborough
Scarborough
Scarborough
Scarborough
Scarborough
Scarborough
Scarborough
Scarborough
Scarborough
Scarborough
Scarborough
Scarborough
Scarborough
London
Scarborough
Scarborough
Scarborough
Scarborough
Scarborough
All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd.