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2.7/5
Time Out

Date premiered
  
21 May 1987

Genre
  
Drama

Playwright
  
Alan Ayckbourn

Place premiered
  
England

4/5
The Telegraph

Written by
  
Alan Ayckbourn

Subject
  
Greed, corruption

First performance
  
20 May 1987

Original language
  
English language

Composers
  
Grant Olding, Paul Todd

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Characters
  
Benedict Hough, Poppy McCracken, Anita McCracken

Similar
  
Alan Ayckbourn plays, Dramas

A small family business by alan ayckbourn uil one act play


A Small Family Business is a play by Alan Ayckbourn about the eponymous business and dealing with the Thatcherism of the time. It premiered at the Olivier stage of the Royal National Theatre on 20 May 1987, where it won the Evening Standard Award for Best Play for that year. Its Broadway premiere occurred on 27 April 1992.

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Radio adaptation

A radio adaptation directed by Martin Jarvis was broadcast at 8 p.m. on Sunday 12 April 2009 on BBC Radio 3 as part of the celebrations of its author's 70th birthday that day. Its cast included:

  • Jack McCraken – Alfred Molina
  • Benedict – Adam Godley
  • Poppy – Rosalind Ayres
  • Anita – Joanne Whalley
  • Cliff – Kenneth Danziger
  • Ken – Roy Dotrice
  • Yvonne – Millicent Martin
  • Harriet – Jill Gascoine
  • Desmond – Julian Sands
  • Roy – Darren Richardson
  • Tina – Moira Quirk
  • Samantha – Fuchsia Sumner
  • The five Rivetti brothers – Matthew Wolf

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    A Small Family Business Wikipedia
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