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Publications

Further Reading

Absurd Person Singular: Further Reading And Downloads

   

Books

Reviews (world premiere)

Paul Allen: A Pocket Guide to Alan Ayckbourn’s Plays

pp.26-29 (Faber & Faber, 2004, ISBN 0571214924)

Scarborough

John Whitley, Sunday Times, 27 August 1972

Paul Allen: Alan Ayckbourn - Grinning at the Edge

pp.135-139 (Methuen, 2001, ISBN 0413731200)

Reviews (London Premiere)

Michael Billington: Alan Ayckbourn (2nd Ed)*

pp.57-68 (Palgrave, 1990, ISBN 0333498976)

Sparkle In The Kitchen

Herbert Kretzmer, Daily Express, 5 July 1973

Michael Billington: State Of The Nation

pp.231-232 (Faber, 2007, ISBN 9780571210343)

Serving Up The Laughs

Jack Tinker, Daily Mail, 5 July 1973

Bernard Dukore: Alan Ayckbourn*

pp.44-55, 103-113, 137-151 (Garland Publishing, 1991, ISBN 0824057597)

Black Fun Of Absurd Person Singular

John Barber, Daily Telegraph, 5 July 1973

Albert-Reiner Glaap: Ayckbourn Country (1st Ed)*

pp.33-44 (Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 1999, ISBN 3884763490)

Absurd Person Singular

Felix Barker, Evening News, 5 July 1973

Michael Holt: Alan Ayckbourn

pp.19-23 (Northcote Press, 1999, ISBN 0746308590)

Kitchen Capers

Milton Shulman, Evening Standard, 5 July 1973

Albert E. Kalson: Laughter In The Dark*

pp.94-96 (Associated Universities Press, 1991, ISBN 0838634796)

Absurd Person Singular

B.A. Young, Financial Times, 5 July 1973

Oleg Kerensky: The New British Drama*

pp.119-120 (Hamish Hamilton, 1977, ISBN: 0241896282)

Absurd Person

Michael Billington, The Guardian, 5 July 1973

Simon Murgatroyd: Sight Unseen

pp.9-11 (lulu.com, 2009)

Trouble In Triplicate

Benedict Nightingale, New Statesman, 13 July 1973

Benedict Nightingale (editor): An Introduction To 50 Modern British Plays*

pp.431-438 (Pan Books, 1982, softback, ISBN 0330266799)

Stage: Absurd Person Singular, A London Delight

Clive Barnes, New York Times, 3 August 1973

Malcolm Page: File On Ayckbourn*

pp.26-30 (Methuen, 1989, ISBN 0413420108)

Kitchen Sink Farce

Robert Cushman, The Observer, 8 July 1973

Stephen Unwin: A Pocket Guide to 20th Century Drama

pp.196-200 (Faber, 2001, ISBN 0571200141)

Absurd Person Singular

Ronald Bryden, Plays And Players, September 1973

Ian Watson: Conversations With Ayckbourn*

pp.72, 76 (Faber and Faber, 1988, ISBN 0571151922)

Theatre

Jeremy Kingston, Punch, 11 July 1973

Sidney Howard White: Alan Ayckbourn*

pp.49-56 (Twayne Publishers, 1984, ISBN 080576870X)

Review Of The Arts

Kenneth Hurren, The Spectator,14 July 1973

* indicates out of print

Another Ayckbourn Success

The Stage, 21 June 1973

Interviews

Devastating Images

Frank Marcus, Sunday Telegraph, 8 July 1973

Lines And Deadlines

Philip Oakes, Sunday Times, 3 June 1973

Absurd Person Singular

Harold Hobson, Sunday Times, 8 July 1973

Alan Ayckbourn

Ronald Hayman, The Times, 4 July 1973

Absurd Person Singular

Charles Lewson, The Times, 5 July 1973

Revival Of Top Writer's Biggest Hit

Roy Martin, Yorkshire Evening Post, 13 March 1990

 

Alan Ayckbourn: The Joker

Nigel Farndale, Sunday Telegraph, 25 November 2007

 
 
 

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