Lesson 5 Man of the Moment by Alan Ayckbourn
Man of the Moment by Alan Ayckbourn Lesson 5
Background Information 1.Author Alan Ayckbourn,born in 1939,British playwright,actor,and theater director, best known for his farcical dramas about the British middle class.He went straight into the theatre as a stage manager after leaving school.He is now a full-time theatre director. He has written over 50 comedies,many of them works of startling technical ingenuity with surprising quantities of pain and sorrow in them
I. Author Alan Ayckbourn, born in 1939, British playwright, actor, and theater director, best known for his farcical dramas about the British middle class. He went straight into the theatre as a stage manager after leaving school. He is now a full-time theatre director. He has written over 50 comedies, many of them works of startling technical ingenuity with surprising quantities of pain and sorrow in them. Background Information
Background Information 1.Author He is one of the world's most commercially successful dramatists,and has demonstrated over a long and constantly evolving career that it is possible to both a popular and a serious artist. He has been called "wildly funny and deeply tragic","a left-wing writer using a right-wing form",and "the most acute analyst of contemporary British society",although he occasionally insists that his only intention is to entertain
I. Author He is one of the world’s most commercially successful dramatists, and has demonstrated over a long and constantly evolving career that it is possible to both a popular and a serious artist. He has been called “wildly funny and deeply tragic”, “a left-wing writer using a right-wing form”, and “the most acute analyst of contemporary British society”, although he occasionally insists that his only intention is to entertain. Background Information
Background Information 1.Author Man of the Moment is one of Ayckbourn's typically very dark comedies in which nothing is quite what it seems or as clear-cut as appearances would first indicate.The play was presented in London in 1990,becoming a joint winner of the Evening Standard Best Comedy Award in the same year.In 1990 it was also nominated for "the Play of the Year
I. Author Man of the Moment is one of Ayckbourn’s typically very dark comedies in which nothing is quite what it seems or as clear-cut as appearances would first indicate. The play was presented in London in 1990, becoming a joint winner of the Evening Standard Best Comedy Award in the same year. In 1990 it was also nominated for “the Play of the Year”. Background Information
Background Information l.Author's works The Norman Conquests House Garden Absurd Person Singular Intimate Exchanges Woman in Mind A Small Family Business
I. Author's works The Norman Conquests House Garden Absurd Person Singular Intimate Exchanges Woman in Mind A Small Family Business Background Information