Alan Ayckbourn (born 1939), a prolific author of comedy plays about middle-class life in England, is considered one of the world's pre-eminent dramatists. English playwright Alan Ayckbourn is a master satirist of middle-class manners who has often been c...

Alan Ayckbourn, one of Britain's most prolific playwrights, is assuredly its most successful in terms of financial return. His plays, translated into twenty-six languages, earn him more than £100,000 a year; and hardly a year goes by without at leas...

Alan Ayckbourn is the most performed of contemporary British dramatists; his plays are a staple of repertory theaters, frequently translated, and usually highly successful. Their very success--and the fact that, although he is endlessly technically innov...

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The chorus of derision that poured from the Goodison Park stands confirmed one thing: Blackburn are threatening to become the least applauded champions of the last two decades. In most supporters' eyes, the one good point about the Premiership leaders is that they...