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If I Were You
[29738]

$9.95

ISBN 978-0-573-60181-1

Alan Ayckbourn

Dramatic Comedy

3m, 2f

Composite set: part of a bedroom, sitting-room, eating-area in kitchen

The Rodales seem like an ordinary family, but beneath the surface things are beginning to crack. Jill and Mal have lost the spark in their marriage, their son Sam resents his father and their daughter Chrissie has recently become a mum and is dealing with marriage issues of her own. And while they all share advice on how others should live their lives, nobody is really taking it on board — until Mal and Jill see things from a dramatically different perspective, that is.

Waking up one morning and finding they have switched personas, Mal in Jill's body and Jill in Mal's, they must continue life "as normal" as their other half. Jill faces the challenges of working with their son-in-law, Dean, as the Store Manager of a homewares shop, while Mal has suddenly becomes a housewife, learning more about his children — and finding out the secrets they already know about him!

Will seeing things from the other side make matters even worse, or is this just what they need in order to save their family?

FEE: $100 per performance

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS:
JILL RODALE - early 40’s
MAL RODALE - Jill’s Husband, 40’s
SAM RODALE - their son, 15
CHRISSIE SNAITH - their daughter, mid 20’s
DEAN SNAITH - Chrissie’s husband, late 20’s

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Awaking Beauty
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Chorus of Disapproval
Comic Potential
Communicating Doors
Confusions
Dreams From a Summer House
Drowning on Dry Land
Ernie's Incredible Illucinations
Family Circles
Haunting Julia
Henceforward
House and Garden
How the Other Half Loves
Improbable Fiction
Intimate Exchanges, Vol. 1
Intimate Exchanges, Vol. 2
Invisible Friends
It Could Be Any One of Us
Joking Apart
Just Between Ourselves
Life and Beth
Living Together
Man of the Moment
Me, Myself, and I
Mr. A's Amazing Maze Plays
My Very Own Story
My Wonderful Day
The Norman Conquests
Orvin – Champions of Champions
Private Fears in Public Places
Relatively Speaking
The Revengers' Comedies
Round and Round the Garden
Season's Greetings
Sisterly Feelings
A Small Family Business
Snake in the Grass
Sugar Daddies
Table Manners
Taking Steps
Ten Times Table
Things We Do For Love
This is Where We Came In
Time and Time Again
Time of My Life
Tons of Money
Way Upstream
Wildest Dreams
Woman in Mind

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