Alan Ayckbourn

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human playwright theatre director

Alan Ayckbourn is a prolific and acclaimed British playwright and director, best known for his innovative and often comedic plays exploring middle-class life and relationships.

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Label Occurrences
Alan Ayckbourn canonical 8
Sir Alan Ayckbourn 2
Ayckbourn 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950s ⓘ
awardReceived Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
Tony Award ⓘ
surface form: Tony Award nomination

knighthood ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1939-04-12 ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Alan Ayckbourn self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ayckbourn
fieldOfWork directing ⓘ
playwriting ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
fullName Alan Ayckbourn self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sir Alan Ayckbourn
genre comedy ⓘ
dramatic literature ⓘ
farce ⓘ
givenName Alan ⓘ
hasWebsite https://alanayckbourn.net ⓘ
honorificTitle Sir ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement contemporary theatre ⓘ
notableAchievement author of more than 70 full-length plays ⓘ
notableFor exploration of relationships ⓘ
innovative stagecraft ⓘ
plays about middle-class life ⓘ
notableWork A Chorus of Disapproval ⓘ
A Small Family Business ⓘ
Absurd Person Singular ⓘ
Bedroom Farce ⓘ
Communicating Doors ⓘ
House & Garden (UK) ⓘ
surface form: House & Garden

How the Other Half Loves ⓘ
Season’s Greetings ⓘ
The Norman Conquests (stage) ⓘ
surface form: The Norman Conquests

Things We Do for Love ⓘ
Woman in Mind ⓘ
occupation dramatist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ
placeOfBirth Hampstead ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
positionHeld Artistic Director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre ⓘ
residence Scarborough ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Scarborough ⓘ
Stephen Joseph Theatre ⓘ

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Haileybury College → hasAlumni → Alan Ayckbourn ⓘ
Scarborough → hasCulturalAssociation → Alan Ayckbourn ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Alan Ayckbourn
Bedroom Farce → author → Alan Ayckbourn ⓘ
Bedroom Farce → writer → Alan Ayckbourn ⓘ
Noël Coward → hasInfluenced → Alan Ayckbourn ⓘ
Alan Ayckbourn → fullName → Alan Ayckbourn self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Alan Ayckbourn
Alan Ayckbourn → familyName → Alan Ayckbourn self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ayckbourn
The Norman Conquests (stage) → creator → Alan Ayckbourn ⓘ
subject surface form: The Norman Conquests
The Norman Conquests (stage) → playwright → Alan Ayckbourn ⓘ
subject surface form: The Norman Conquests
Stephen Joseph Theatre → associatedWith → Alan Ayckbourn ⓘ
The Revengers' Comedies (screenplay adaptation) → basedOnWorkBy → Alan Ayckbourn ⓘ