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Little Theatre Comedy Alan Ayckbourn 4 m., 2 f. Comp. int. Roland, a hard drinking tycoon, is considering buying an old Victorian house, once a brothel. His solicitor and the vendor, a builder, arrive to complete the deal. Also in the house are his wife, a frustrated dancer who is always considering leaving him, her brother and later the brother's fiancee, who is uncertain whether or not to run away. In the course of one hectic night and morning, with continual running up and downstairs and in and out of rooms, these characters, each immersed in a personal problem, try to sort themselves out. The first act curtain finds the solicitor in bed with the wife thinking her to be a ghost and the fiancee inadvertently shut in the attic cupboard by the distraught tycoon who has taken refuge there in the spare bed. All this takes place in a highly ingenious and original setting in which all the rooms, passages and stairs are on a single level. "A farce of riotous delight." Evening News. "Superbly funny hilarious." Guardian. FEE: $100 per performance. Other Alan Ayckbourn titles available from Samuel French include:
A Cut in the RatesAbsent Friends Absurd Person Singular Bedroom Farce Callisto 5 Chorus of Disapproval Comic PotentialCommunicating Doors Confusions Dreams From a Summer HouseErnie's Incredible IllucinationsFamily CirclesHenceforwardHouse and GardenHow the Other Half LovesIf I Were YouIntimate Exchanges, Vol. 1Intimate Exchanges, Vol. 2Invisible FriendsIt Could Be Any One of UsJoking ApartJust Between OurselvesLiving TogetherMan of the MomentMe, Myself, and IMr. A's Amazing Maze PlaysMy Very Own StoryMy Wonderful DayThe Norman ConquestsPrivate Fears in Public PlacesRelatively SpeakingThe Revengers' ComediesRound and Round the GardenSeason's GreetingsSisterly FeelingsA Small Family BusinessSnake in the GrassTable MannersTen Times TableThings We Do For LoveThis is Where We Came InTime and Time AgainTime of My LifeTons of MoneyWay UpstreamWildest DreamsWoman in Mind
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