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Absurd Person Singular: Published Scripts

       

Production: Absurd Person Singular
Published: 1974
Publisher: Samuel French
In Print: Yes
ISBN: 0573010234
Notes: Many Samuel French editions have gone through several cover designs

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Production: Absurd Person Singular
Published: 1991
Publisher: Longman
In Print: Yes
ISBN: 058201638X
Notes: The left cover is the current edition, the cover on the right is the first edition

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Publication: Three Plays
Published: 1977 (1979 Penguin)
Publisher: Chatto & Windus / Penguin
In Print: No
ISBN: 0140481508 (Penguin)
Notes: First edition hardcover (left); first softcover edition (1979); first American edition (1989); current Penguin edition (from right)

         

Publication: Three Plays
Published: 2010
Publisher: Vintage Classics
In Print: Yes
ISBN: 978-0099541639
Notes: Collects Absurd Person Singular, Absent Friends & Bedroom Farce

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Absurd Person Singular: Major Production Programmes / Playbills

         

Absurd Person Singular world premiere programme

Production: Absurd Person Singular
Year: 1972
Venue: Library Theatre, Scarborough
Description: single-fold, double-side print
Availability: Extremely rare
Variants: See right for variant covers (no variant on inside print, both printed in exceptionally limited numbers)

Absurd Person Singular world premiere programme variant

Absurd Person Singular world premiere programme variant

 
 

Absurd Person Singular London premiere programme

Production: Absurd Person Singular
Year: 1973
Venue: Criterion Theatre, London
Availability: Rare
Variants: See right

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Absurd Person Singular London premiere programme variant

Production: Absurd Person Singular
Year: 1973
Venue: Criterion Theatre, London
Availability: Rare
Variants: More common later print for original London run

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Absurd Person Singular London transfer programme

Production: Absurd Person Singular
Year: 1974 (Transfer)
Venue: Vaudeville Theatre, London
Availability: Rare
Variants: At least one change of cast variant (see note below)
Notes: The Vaudeville saw a change of cast from the Criterion production, later followed by another major recast

Absurd Person Singular 1989 revival programme

Production: Absurd Person Singular
Year: 1989
Venue: Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough
Availability: Uncommon
Variants: N/A
Notes: Seasonal programme encompassed all productions for a particular season

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Absurd Person Singular 1990 London transfer programme

Production: Absurd Person Singular
Year: 1990
Venue: Whitehall Theatre, London
Availability: Uncommon
Variants: N/A
Notes: London transfer (with altered cast) of 1989 SJT production

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Absurd PersoN Singular London 2007 revival programme

Production: Absurd Person Singular
Year: 2007
Venue: Theatre Royal Windsor
Availability: Uncommon
Variants: N/A
Notes: Pre-London production

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Absurd Person Singular 2007 West End revival programme

Production: Absurd Person Singular
Year: 2007
Venue: Garrick Theatre, London
Availability: Common
Variants: N/A
Notes:

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To Come

Production: Absurd Person Singular
Year: 2012
Venue: Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Availability: N/A
Variants: N/A
Notes:

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