Conversations with AYCKBOURN

London: Macdonald Futura Limited, 1981. AP1 - A hardcover book SIGNED by Alan Ayckbourn on the front free endpaper in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, chipping and crease on the edges and corners, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, tanning and light shelf wear. 10"x7.75", 189 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Sir Alan Ayckbourn CBE FRSA is a prolific British playwright and director. He has written and produced more than seventy full-length plays in Scarborough and London and was, between 1972 and 2009, the artistic director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, where all but four of his plays have received their first performance. More than 40 have subsequently been produced in the West End, at the Royal National Theatre or by the Royal Shakespeare Company since his first hit Relatively Speaking opened at the Duke of York's Theatre in 1969. Major successes include Absurd Person Singular (1975), The Norman Conquests trilogy (1973), Bedroom Farce (1975), Just Between Ourselves (1976), A Chorus of Disapproval (1984), Woman in Mind (1985), A Small Family Business (1987), Man of the Moment (1988), House & Garden (1999) and Private Fears in Public Places (2004). His plays have won numerous awards, including seven London Evening Standard Awards. They have been translated into over 35 languages and are performed on stage and television throughout the world. Ten of his plays have been staged on Broadway, attracting two Tony nominations, and one Tony award. . Signed. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.