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W B T L E Lesson 5—Man of the Moment I. Author II. Synopsis of Act I III. Archive for Man of the Moment IV. An Interview with Alan Ayckbourn Background Information
Lesson 5-Man of the moment . 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. Working both at the Royal National Theatre in London and at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in the Round Scarborough. He has written over 50 comedies, many of them works of startling technical ingenuity with surprising quantities of pain and sorrow in them. W E To be continued on the next page
W B T L E Lesson 5—Man of the Moment 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. Working both at the Royal National Theatre in London and at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in the Round, Scarborough. 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 To be continued on the next page
Lesson 5-Man of the moment . 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 W E To be continued on the next page
W B T L E Lesson 5—Man of the Moment 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 To be continued on the next page
Lesson 5-Man of the moment . Author Ayckbourn's plays are often noted for their interesting use of theatrical sets, as in The Norman Conquests, a trilogy of plays that show, respectively, simultaneous events in the dining room, living room, and garden of the same house during one weekend. The plays House (1999) and Garden(1999) take place on a single day and were designed to be performed simultaneously, by the same cast, in adjacent theaters. As Ayckbourns writing has matured, the themes of his plays have become more serious and the farce has become darker W E To be continued on the next page
W B T L E Lesson 5—Man of the Moment Ayckbourn’s plays are often noted for their interesting use of theatrical sets, as in The Norman Conquests, a trilogy of plays that show, respectively, simultaneous events in the dining room, living room, and garden of the same house during one weekend. The plays House (1999) and Garden (1999) take place on a single day and were designed to be performed simultaneously, by the same cast, in adjacent theaters. As Ayckbourn’s writing has matured, the themes of his plays have become more serious and the farce has become darker. I. Author To be continued on the next page