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Alan Ayckbourn: Interview Index By Author |
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This is an index of significant articles and interviews with Alan Ayckbourn arranged by author (confined to major publications). This list concentrates on major publications where the source publication is known and easily found. A complete list of interviews can be found via the decades links above. |
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Interviews: By Author |
| Author | Article Title | Publication | Date | Topic |
| Alberge, Dalya | Theatre Is Poor Show For Young, Says Ayckbourn | The Times | 30/03/1999 | Gizmo |
| Alberge, Dalya | Hollywood Stars Ruining Our Theatre, Says Ayckbourn | The Times | 26/01/2007 | West End |
| Allen, Paul | Subsidising Every Other Playhouse | Country Life | 02/08/1984 | Career |
| Appleyard, Bryan | King Of Dark Comedy | Sunday Times | 03/10/1999 | Comic Potential |
| Appleyard, Bryan | Still Hoping For Heroes | The Times | 18/08/1982 | Way Upstream |
| Arditti, Michael | From Low Farce To High Table | Evening Standard | 23/05/1991 | Career |
| Ayckbourn, Alan | Greatest Weaknesses Of The Amateur Theatre? | Amateur Stage | 01/07/1978 | Amateur theatre |
| Ayckbourn, Alan | Writing And Staging The Norman Conquests | Amateur Stage | 01/09/1978 | The Norman Conquests |
| Ayckbourn, Alan | Playing Comedy And Farce | Amateur Stage | 01/12/1978 | Acting |
| Ayckbourn, Alan | Alan Ayckbourn's National Service | Sunday Telegraph | 21/02/1988 | National Theatre |
| Ayckbourn, Alan | Alan Ayckbourn | The Times | 30/09/2000 | Media |
| Barber, John | It All Depends On The Words | Daily Telegraph | 01/03/1979 | Joking Apart |
| Barber, John | That Pioneering Spirit | Daily Telegraph | 24/01/1983 | Way Upstream |
| Barber, Lyn | The Master Of Suburbia | Sunday Express | 24/05/1987 | A Small Family Business |
| Barnett, Laura | Portrait Of The Artist | The Guardian | 05/10/2010 | Career |
| Bennett, Alan | Enter Alan Ayckbourn To A Round Of Applause | Daily Telegraph | 25/03/1988 | Career |
| Berry, Kevin | Racing Along The Road To Recovery | The Stage | 22/03/2007 | Stroke |
| Billen, Andrew | Andrew Billen Talks To Alan Ayckbourn | The Observer | 12/12/1993 | Wildest Dreams |
| Billington, Michael | The Guardian | 14/08/1974 | The Norman Conquests | |
| Billington, Michael | The Danger Of A Good Night In | The Guardian | 19/07/1985 | Woman In Mind |
| Billington, Michael | A Victim Of Popularity | The Guardian | 01/08/1985 | Woman In Mind |
| Billington, Michael | New Mood Of The Man Of The Moment | The Guardian | 08/08/1988 | National Theatre |
| Billington, Michael | I Love It When Things Break Up | The Guardian | 04/09/2002 | The Jollies |
| Blume, Mary | Alan Ayckbourn: The Time Of His Life | International Herald Tribune | 20/07/1993 | Time Of My Life |
| Brandreth, Gyles | A Knight At The Theatre | Sunday Telegraph | 14/04/2002 | Career |
| Buck, Joan | The Joan Buck Interview | Plays And Players | 01/09/1972 | Time And Time Again |
| Butler, Robert | Staying Put In Scarborough Fair | Independent On Sunday | 11/06/1995 | SJT |
| Carlish, ben | The Net Closes In | Metro | 15/01/2002 | Damsels In Distress |
| Cavendish, Dominic | Interior Designs | Time Out | 25/07/2000 | House & Garden |
| Cavendish, Dominic |
Centre Stage For Ayckbourn | Daily Telegraph | 27/11/2011 |
Neighbourhood Watch |
| Cerasaro, Pat | House, Garden And Kitchen Sink Drama | Broadwayworld.com | 10/06/2010 | Career |
| Cherry, Simon | Alan And The Body Beautiful Business | Daily Telegraph | 18/05/1990 | Body Language |
| Church, Michael | Shakespeare Of The South Bank | Sunday Times | 01/06/1986 | National Theatre |
| Cleave, Maureen | The Man Who Doesn't Like Happy Endings | Evening Standard | 30/09/1991 | The Revengers' Comedies |
| Clowes, John | Such A Hard Way To Make Us Believe In Make Believe | The Times | 20/11/1963 | Mr Whatnot |
| Connell, Brian | Playing For Laughs To A Lady Typist | The Times | 05/01/1976 | Bedroom Farce |
| Connolly, Ray | Ayckbourn, With Music | Sunday Times | 08/02/1981 | Suburban Strains |
| Cote, David | Q & A: Sir Alan Ayckbourn | Time Out New York | 18/11/2009 | My Wonderful Day |
| Coveney, Michael | Scarborough Fare | Plays And Players | 01/09/1975 | Absent Friends |
| Coveney, Michael | Second Only To Shakespeare | The Observer | 13/10/1991 | The Revengers' Comedies |
| Curits, Quentin | Happy Families | The Observer | 13/11/1988 | Henceforward… |
| Dacre, Peter | £2,000-A-Week Man Who Worries About The Cost Of A Taxi | Sunday Express | 14/09/1975 | Career |
| Danziger, Danny | In Search Of Two Characters | The Times | 27/06/1987 | Career |
| Davis, Clive | Dream Ticket For Bard Of Scarborough | Sunday Express | 12/12/1993 | Wildest Dreams |
| Davis, Victor | How Pinball Addict Alan Staged His Conquest Of The West End | Daily Express | 30/04/1975 | The Norman Conquests |
| Dunn, Christine | Upside Down Writer Has Another Hit Coming | Daily Mail | 26/08/1974 | Confusions |
| Edwards, Sydney | The Ayckbourn Conquest | Evening Standard | 14/06/1974 | Absent Friends |
| Endersby, Jean | Counting Down To Curtain Up | Northern Echo | 17/09/1979 | Career |
| Evans, Bob | A Master Of Comedy Who Is Now Being Taken Seriously | Sydney Morning Herald | 14/09/1986 | National Theatre |
| Fanshaw, Simon | Round And Round The Houses | The Guardian | 05/08/2000 | House & Garden |
| Farndale, Nigel | Alan Ayckbourn: The Joker | Sunday Telegraph | 25/11/2007 | Absurd Person Singular |
| Fay, Stephen | At Home With The Human heart | Independent On Sunday | 11/04/1999 | Career |
| Fay, Stephen | One Play, Two Stages, One Cast… Too Much? | The Independent | 06/08/2000 | House & Garden |
| Field, Michelle | The Morals Of Alan Ayckbourn | Sydney Morning Herald | 30/05/1987 | Woman In Mind |
| Finch, Brian | A Profile Of Alan Ayckbourn | Radio Times | 27/02/1969 | Relatively Speaking |
| Foster, William | Comedy Of Manners | The Scotsman | 24/05/1975 | Jeeves |
| Franks, Alan | The Unhappy Family Man | The Times | 13/12/1993 | Wildest Dreams |
| Gardner, Lyn | Shakespeare 37, Ayckbourn 54 | The Guardian | 30/06/1999 | Career |
| Garrfield, Mark | Running Drama | Mail On Sunday | 16/07/2000 | House & Garden |
| Gore-Langton, Robert | Moralist Bard With The Pen Of A Moliere | Daily Telegraph | 01/12/1992 | Scarborough |
| Gore-Langton, Robert | Seaside School For Talent | Daily Telegraph | 05/02/1994 | Communicating Doors |
| Gore-Langton, Robert | Don't Make Us Laugh | The Times | 21/05/2002 | Snake In The Grass |
| Gore-Langton, Robert | It's A Love-Hate Thing With Theatre | The Times | 21/07/2008 | Life And Beth |
| Grant, Steve | Scarborough Flair | 20/20 | 01/08/1989 | The Revengers' Comedies |
| Grant, Steve | King Of Comedy | Time Out | 18/06/1986 | National Theatre |
| Green, James | When Mother Use To Type On A Kitchen Table | Sunday Express | 05/08/1984 | Career |
| Greenway, Tony | Curtain Call | Country Life | 01/09/2008 | Career |
| Greenwood, Lynne | Playwright Who Makes A Meal Of His Work | Daily Telegraph | 10/04/1992 | Time Of My Life |
| Grice, Elizabeth | Play Time With Ayckbourn | Sunday Express | 10/03/1991 | Invisible Friends |
| Grove, Valerie | Ayckbourn And Hall, The Chairmen Of The Boards | The Times | 22/03/2010 | Bedroom Farce |
| Gurewitsch, Matthew | Alan Ayckbourn: Prolific Anachronism | Wall Street Journal | 09/06/2005 | Private Fears... |
| Gussow, Mel | Bard Of The British Bourgeoisie | New York Times | 28/01/1990 | Career |
| Hagerty, Bill | The Butler Did It | Sunday Times | 07/07/1996 | |
| Hamilton, Ruth | Confusions - An Actors' Evening Of One Act Plays | San Francisco Chronicle | 07/11/1976 | Confusions |
| Hamilton, Ruth | Ayckbourn: Underneath The Laughter, Darkness | Sunday News | 14/12/1975 | The Norman Conquests |
| Hayman, Ronald | Alan Ayckbourn | The Times | 04/07/1973 | Absurd Person Singular |
| Heilpern, John | Striking Sparks Off Suburbia | The Observer | 12/02/1977 | Bedroom Farce |
| Hemming, Sarah | Upstairs And Downstairs | Financial Times | 05/08/2000 | House & Garden |
| Hemming, Sarah | Children In Mind | The Independent | 06/03/1991 | Invisible Friends |
| Hemming, Sarah | Farce Majeure | Financial Times | 03/12/2010 | Farce |
| Hislop, Andrew | The People To Watch | The Times | 05/11/1986 | National Theatre |
| Hohenadel, Kristen | Here's A Thought… And Soon It's Another Plays | Los Angeles Times | 26/06/2005 | Private Fears... |
| Hoyle, Martin | Farce Where Evil Lurks | Financial Times | 04/08/1995 | Communicating Doors |
| Hurren, Kenneth | Laureate Of Middle Class Life | Mail On Sunday | 12/08/1984 | Career |
| Isaacs, David | A Dramatic Turn Of Events | Northern Echo | 19/03/1991 | Career |
| Isenberg, Barbara | Humour From The Dark Side | Los Angeles Times | 10/11/1991 | Henceforward… |
| Jack, Ian | Unlocal Lad Makes Good | Sunday Times | 30/06/1974 | Bedroom Farce |
| Jardine, Cassandra | Ayckbourn's Back And It's About Time | Daily Telegraph | 12/08/1995 | Communicating Doors |
| Jeffries, Stuart | J'Adore Scarborough | The Guardian | 06/07/2007 | Private Fears... |
| Johnston, Sheila | Prodigal's Love For The Last Resort | The Independent | 01/06/1988 | Stephen Joseph Theatre |
| Jones, Alice | On The Boardwalk Of Fame | The Independent | 03/01/2005 | Drowning On Dry Land |
| Jury, Louise | Ayckbourn Takes Manhattan | The Independent | 06/01/2006 | Private Fears... |
| Kellaway, Kate | Northern Lights | The Observer | 07/08/2005 | Stephen Joseph |
| Keonig, Rhoda | 55 Ways Of Making Us Laugh | Independent On Sunday | 10/10/1999 | Career |
| Klein, Reva | Plotting Success | The Times | 15/03/1991 | Invisible Friends |
| Lawson, Mark | They Lifted Me Up With A Hoist | The Guardian | 04/10/2006 | Stroke |
| Lawson, Mark | A Nation Of Shoplifters | The Independent | 20/05/1987 | A Small Family Business |
| Lee-Potter, Lynda | Look Back On Anger | Daily Mail | 07/10/1991 | Career |
| Lewis, David | An Exchange With Alan Ayckbourn | International Herald Tribune | 20/09/1984 | Intimate Exchanges |
| Lewis, Peter | In At The Deep End Again | Sunday Times | 04/02/1990 | Man Of The Moment |
| Lewis, Peter | Who Should Pay The Player? | The Times | 12/11/1988 | Theatre |
| Lomas, Jane | Alan Plays On Our Funny Antics | Northern Echo | 21/04/1984 | A Chorus Of Disapproval |
| Lustig, Vera | Intimate Exchanges | Plays And Players | 01/06/1990 | Directing |
| MacAfee, Annalena | Alan's Invisible Asset | Evening Standard | 08/03/1991 | Invisible Friends |
| Masters, Anthony | The Essentially Ambiguous Response | The Times | 04/02/1981 | Suburban Strains |
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Maxwell, Dominic | The Conversation | The Times | 14/01/2012 |
Absent Friends |
| McFerran, Ann |
All The World's A Stage Poorer For The Mobile
Phone |
Sunday Times | Career | |
| Meewezen, Judy | Obdurate Person Singular | The Times | 02/01/2006 | Private Fears... |
| Milner, Catherine | Alan Ayckbourn Plays At Seeing Double | Sunday Telegraph | 11/04/1999 | House & Garden |
| Morley, Sheridan | A Cold Eye On The Thatcher Scene | Sunday Telegraph | 20/11/1988 | Career |
| Morley, Sheridan | British Farce: From Travers To Ayckbourn | The Times | 20/11/1979 | Taking Steps |
| Muir, Kate | A Chorus Of Approval For The Last Resort | The Times | 24/05/1991 | Wildest Dreams |
| Naipaul, Shiva | Scarborough - Where To Succeed In Showbusiness | Radio Times | 23/08/1975 | Bedroom Farce |
| Nash, James | Knight Unites Comedy And Drama | Metro | 26/06/2001 | Damsels In Distress |
| Neill, Heather | May The Dark Farce Be With You | Sunday Telegraph | 03/10/1999 | Comic Potential |
| Nelson, Richard | When Jeeves And Bertie Break Into Song | New York Times | 20/10/1996 | By Jeeves |
| Nightingale, Benedict | Ayckbourn - Comic Laureate of the British middle class | New York Times | 25/03/1979 | Bedroom Farce |
| Nightingale, Benedict | Alan Ayckbourn On 'Breaking The Mould" | International Herald Tribune | 05/08/1989 | Career |
| Nightingale, Benedict | Ayckbourn, 37; Shakespeare, 36 | New York Times | 03/08/1989 | Career |
| Nikkhah, Roya | Why My Shows Must Go On | Sunday Telegraph | 08/02/2009 | Woman In Mind |
| Oakes, Philip | In And Out Of The Wedding Ring | Cosmopolitan | 01/06/1974 | Marriage |
| Oakes, Philip | Just Between Ourselves | Daily Telegraph | 10/02/1990 | Michael Gambon |
| Oakes, Philip | Lines And Deadlines | Sunday Times | 03/06/1973 | Absurd Person Singular |
| O'Neill, Patrick | Lost For Words An Author Who Beat The Bard | Daily Mail | 15/11/1983 | Career |
| Owen, Michael | Just Add Water | Evening Standard | 12/01/1990 | Man Of The Moment |
| Paton, Maureen | You're Never Alone With A Psychopathic Sloane | Daily Express | 16/10/1989 | The Revengers' Comedies |
| Patterson, Christina | Sir Alan Ayckbourn: "I'm Scared Of Getting Maudlin" | The Independent | 03/10/2008 | The Norman Conquests |
| Peck, Bob | Bob Peck On Alan Ayckbourn | Plays And Players | 01/04/1986 | A Chorus Of Disapproval |
| Penfold, Phil | Learning Local Lessons | The Stage | 17/07/2003 | Sugar Daddies |
| Pickles, Helen | Alan Ayckbourn | Daily Mail | 16/08/1998 | Scarborough |
| Powell, Lucy | Exit, The King | Independent On Sunday | 24/08/2008 | Career |
| Pryor, Fiona | Talking Shop: Alan Ayckbourn | bbc.co.uk | 30/07/2009 | Man Of The Moment |
| Pymont, Fiona | Left To Chance | The Big issue | 19/03/2007 | Intimate Exchanges |
| Rampton, James | Confessions of a play addict | Radio Times | 06/09/2011 | Career |
| Ravenhill, Mark | Restless Nativities | The Guardian | 20/12/2007 | Christmas |
| Rea, Kenneth | Not Exactly Child's Play | The Guardian | 02/03/1993 | Mr A's Amazing Maze... |
| Rees, Jasper | Alan Ayckbourn's Accidental Film Script | Daily Telegraph | 06/07/2007 | Private Fears... |
| Rees, Jasper | Ayckbourn And The Single Girl | The Independent | 28/02/1998 | Things We Do For Love |
| Reynolds, Nigel | Ayckbourn's Uneasy Truce With Star-Struck West End | Daily Telegraph | 12/08/2003 | West End |
| Roberts, Alison | Grab The Audience Gently By The Neck | The Times | 20/11/1992 | Oxford University |
| Roberts, Peter | Ayckbourn On The South Bank | Plays International | 01/02/1987 | National Theatre |
| Rosenthal, Daniel | From The Horse's Mouth | The Independent | 24/11/2000 | Career |
| Say, Rosemary | A Playwright On The Prom | Sunday Telegraph | 28/01/1979 | Joking Apart |
| Shakespeare, Nicholas | Crafty Chronicler Of Middle Mind | The Times | 27/07/1985 | A Chorus Of Disapproval |
| Shannon, David | Is This Our Leading Feminist Playwright? | Cosmopolitan | 01/09/1992 | Feminism |
| Shenton, Mark | Confessions Of A Movie Buff | Plays International | 01/07/2000 | House & Garden |
| Shenton, Mark | Writing Comedy Is A Serious Business | Sunday Express | 22/03/2009 | Ayckbourn At 70 |
| Shorter, Eric | Scarborough Fare | Daily Telegraph | 12/07/1975 | Career |
| Shuttleworth, Ian | Master Of The Middle Ground | Financial Times | 10/04/1999 | House & Garden |
| Shuttleworth, Ian | New Stage In Ayckbourn's Career | Financial Times | 04/10/2008 | Leaving SJT |
| Spencer, Charles | Alan Ayckbourn At 50 | Daily Telegraph | 15/04/1989 | 50th Birthday |
| Spencer, Charles | Arise, Sir Laughalot | Daily Telegraph | 03/03/1998 | Things We Do For Love |
| Spencer, Charles | Reel Good Show | Evening Standard | 11/03/1983 | Making Tracks |
| Strachan, Alan | Ayckbourn At The Double | Evening Standard | 02/08/2000 | House & Garden |
| Strachan, Alan | Mr A's Amazing Recovery | Sunday Telegraph | 27/08/2006 | Stroke |
| Stringer, Robin | Ayckbourn's Reluctant Farewell To Scarborough | Daily Telegraph | 22/08/1986 | National Theatre |
| Stringer, Robin | Ayckbourn: Man With A Woman In Mind | Daily Telegraph | 30/08/1986 | Woman In Mind |
| Stringer, Robin | New Play By Ayckbourn Is At The Next Table | Evening Standard | 27/07/1993 | Time Of My Life |
| Sutcliffe, Tom | Wooster Sauce | The Guardian | 22/04/1975 | Jeeves |
| Suter, Caroline | Ayckbourn Between The Acts | Country Homes And Interiors | 01/12/1988 | Henceforward… |
| Taylor, John Russell | British Dramatists | Plays And Players | 01/12/1970 | How The Other Half... |
| Taylor, John Russell | Only When They Laugh? | Plays And Players | 01/03/1982 | Career |
| Taylor, John Russell | Scarborough's Prodigy | Plays And Players | 01/04/1987 | Career |
| Thornber, Robin | Farceur, Relatively Speaking | The Guardian | 07/08/1970 | How The Other Half... |
| Thornber, Robin | Star Of The Seaside Show | The Guardian | 23/07/1981 | Career |
| Tinker, Jack |
Where The Man With The Golden Laugh Lines... |
Daily Mail | 06/10/1974 | Absent Friends |
| Tinker, Jack | Joking Apart, Scarborough's Great For Ideas | Daily Mail | 28/02/1978 | Joking Apart |
| Topping, Graham | Low Farce At High Table | Daily Mail | 05/11/1992 | Oxford University |
| Tredre, Roger | Joking Apart, I'd Prefer To Be In Scarborough | The Observer | 20/02/1994 | Scarborough |
| Truss, Lynne | A View From Waterloo Bridge | The Times | 13/02/1987 | A View From The Bridge |
| Wainwright, Martin | Alan Ayckbourn's Northern Conquest | Country Living | 01/08/1996 | SJT |
| Wainwright, Martin | Alan Ayckbourn archive to be available to the public | The Guardian | 27/06/2011 | Ayckbourn Archive |
| Wale, Michael | Alan Ayckbourn | Financial Times | 08/07/1971 | Relatively Speaking |
| Walker, Simon | To Be Frank | Leeds Guide | 01/06/2009 | How The Other Half... |
| Walsh, John | The Cost Of Bringing Them Closer To Us | Evening Standard | 19/02/1987 | National Theatre |
| Walsh, John | Funny Way To Get Serious | Sunday Times | 29/09/1991 | The Revengers' Comedies |
| Wardle, Irving | Ayckbourn: Simon With A Stiff Upper Lip | Los Angeles Times | 05/10/1975 | The Norman Conquests |
| Waters | A Chorus Of Approval | The Independent | 12/08/2004 | Sugar Daddies |
| Watts, Janet | Absurd Persons, Plural And Suburban | The Observer | 04/03/1979 | Joking Apart |
| Whitehead, Sam | Comedy Knight | Time Out | 06/08/1998 | Communicating Doors |
| Wigg, David | By Jeeves, You Are Truly A Modest Man Mr Ayckbourn | Daily Express | 11/07/1996 | Career |
| Wilkinson, Paul | Ayckbourn Stages A Dream Come True In House Of Cards | The Times | 10/04/1996 | SJT |
| Williams, Ian | Ayckbourn's Birthday Indulgence | Daily Telegraph | 02/06/1989 | The Revengers' Comedies |
| Windass, Dave | Love And A Lady Robot | The Big issue | 08/06/1998 | Comic Potential |
| Wolf, Matt | Brit Playwright Ayckbourn Readies 65th Play | Variety | 04/07/2003 | Sugar Daddies |
| Woods, Judith | Scarborough Fare | The Scotsman | 02/08/1996 | By Jeeves |
| Woolman, Natalie | Did he predict a riot? | The Stage | 08/09/2011 | Neighbourhood Watch |
| Wright, Steve | Alan Ayckbourn: Socially Acute Playwright | Venue | 28/01/2005 | Drowning On Dry Land |
| Wroe, Martin | How We Met | Independent On Sunday | 26/07/1992 | Roger Glossop |
| Zoglin, Richard | Curtain Call | Time | 29/09/2008 | Career |
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