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Joking Apart (play)

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Written by
  
Alan Ayckbourn

Original language
  
English

Playwright
  
Alan Ayckbourn

Date premiered
  
11 January 1978

First performance
  
11 January 1978

Place premiered
  
Stephen Joseph Theatre

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Characters
  
Richard Anthea Hugh Louise Sven Olive Brian Melody / Mandy / Mo / Debbie

Subject
  
A happy couple and those around them

Setting
  
Four parties over twelve years

Similar
  
Alan Ayckbourn plays, Other plays

Alan ayckbourn s joking apart


Joking Apart is a 1978 play by English playwright Alan Ayckbourn. It was written in response to comments that Ayckbourn only ever wrote about unhappy couples. In this play, Richard and Anthea are a perfectly happy married couple, who inadvertently worsen the lives of those around them.

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Joking Apart (play) Wikipedia