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Comic PotentialAlan Ayckbourn

Comic Potential

1999106 pages
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3 editions · 2 languages

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"A hilarious satire of television and a touching romantic comedy, it begins in a television studio where a hospital soap opera is being taped... Adam, the young nephew of the producer and an aspiring writer who worships the director... is on the set. Adam starts chatting with Jacie Tripplethree, the actoid (serial number JC333) playing the nurse and finds, to his surprise, that not only can she carry on a conversation but, due to what she calls a fault in her programming, she has a creative imagination. Adam wants to build a new television series around her but the studio will not hear of it.…

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3 editions · 2 languages
  • Other · English · 2002
    Samuel French · 101 pages · 9780573627972
  • Other · English · 1999
    Faber and Faber · 119 pages · 9780571197873
  • Paperback · German · 2001
    Klett · 112 pages · 9783125796102
DramaProduction and directionTelevisionEnglish drama