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Alan Ayckbourn Grinning At The Edge

Alan Ayckbourn Grinning At The Edge

by Allen (Author)

Synopsis

The first full and authorized biography of Britain's most popular playwright.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 337
 Edition: illustrated edition
 Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Published: 01 May 2002
ISBN 10: 0826414125
ISBN 13: 9780826414120

Media Reviews
If, in a hundred years, anyone wants to know what it was like to live in the second half of the 20th century, I am quite sure they will turn to the plays of Alan Ayckbourn before they look at historians or sociologists.
Peter Hall
A script arriving from Alan is manna from heaven. All you have to do is learn the text faithfully, follow his punctuation meticulously, and lo and behold you get a reputation as an Ayckbourn actress - and if he's directing, you sometimes win awards too.
Julia McKenzie
What he has given to the theatre is immeasurable. I take my hat off to him.
Harold Pinter
I am convinced that Alan's plays - along with Harold Pinter's - will be cherished by posterity. Maybe one day there'll be a Royal Ayckbourn Company.
Michael Billington
Alan is quite simply the most genuine theatrical animal I have ever met.
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Paul Allen has penned an authorized, highly detailed personal and career biography of [Ayckbourn] that will surely be the the last word on the playwright for some time.
Publisher's Weekly, April 29, 2002
Paul Allen's biography of Alan Ayckbourn captures both the playwright and his plays....the best overview of a brilliant dramatic career.
Magill Book Reviews