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Three playsAlan Ayckbourn

Three plays

1975229 pages
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"A scathing comedy of social striving in the suburbs, Absurd Person Singular follows the fortunes of three couples who turn up in each other's kitchens on three successive Christmases, to hilarious and devastating effect. In Absent Friends, Diana and Paul host a tea party for Colin, recently returned to England after the tragic drowning of his fiancée. But Colin proves impervious to their awkward attempts to console him as he unwittingly touches every raw nerve in the troubled lives of his old friends. The action of Bedroom Farce unfolds simultaneously--and uproariously--in the onstage…

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4 editions
  • Paperback · English · 1994
    Grove Press · 229 pages · 9780802131577
  • Other · English · 1979
    Grove Press · 229 pages · 9780394170831
  • Other · English · 1979
    Three Plays (Penguin Plays)
    Penguin Books Ltd · 256 pages · 9780140481501
  • Other · English · 1977
    Chatto & Windus · 229 pages · 9780701122034
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