Alan Ayckbourn to give special University performance
Posted on 1 February 1999
Since 1970 Sir Alan has been director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, where almost all his plays have had their first performance. Most have gone on to world-wide acclaim, including A Chorus of Disapproval and Communicating Doors.
Alan Ayckbourn is an honorary graduate of the University and this event is the first in a series mounted by the department of English and Related Literature in which distinguished actors, producers, playwrights and directors will talk about their work. The events will be part of the English department's plans for its 'Writing for Performance' courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
"Sir Alan is the supreme technical craftsman of the modern British theatre and is highly articulate and entertaining about the skills and traumas of writing plays," says Michael Cordner of the University's English department. "He is a brilliant and amusing raconteur and performer, so the entertainment, which he has devised specially for this occasion, should be a great treat."
Write Directions will be performed at 7.30pm in Central hall, University of York on Monday 15 February. Tickets (at £5 and £2) are available from the University of York Box Office on 432439.