Books

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Reviews (London premiere - Greenwich Theatre & Ambassador Theatre transfer)

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Paul Allen: A Pocket Guide to Alan Ayckbourn’s Plays

pp.82-94 (Faber & Faber, 2004, ISBN 0571214924)

Intimate Exchanges

Country Life, 28 June 1984

Paul Allen: Alan Ayckbourn - Grinning at the Edge

pp.199-204 (Methuen, 2001, ISBN 0413731200)

Ayckbourn's Eight-Some Had Me Reeling

Jack Tinker, Daily Mail, 14 August 1984

Michael Billington: Alan Ayckbourn (2^nd Ed)*

pp.167-175 (Palgrave, 1990, ISBN 0333498976)

Final Exchanges

John Barber, Daily Telegraph, 3 October 1984

Albert-Reiner Glaap: Ayckbourn Country (1^st Ed)*

pp.95 (Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 1999, ISBN 3884763490)

Ayckbourn's Obsession

John Barber, Daily Telegraph, 12 June 1984

Albert E. Kalson: Laughter In The Dark*

pp.101-105 (Associated Universities Press, 1991, ISBN 0838634796)

Intimate Exchanges

Martin Hoyle, Financial Times, 12 June 1984

Malcolm Page: File On Ayckbourn*

pp. (Methuen, 1989, ISBN 0413420108)

Intimate Exchanges

Martin Hoyle, Financial Times, 15 August 1984

Ian Watson: Conversations With Ayckbourn*

pp.131-136 (Faber and Faber, 1988, ISBN 0571151922)

Intimate Exchanges

Michael Billington, The Guardian, 12 June 1984

* indicates out of print

Intimate Exchanges

Rosalind Carne, The Guardian, 15 August 1984

Interviews

Intimate Exchanges

Michael Billington, The Guardian, 24 June 1984

Triumph... Or Disaster

Lynne Curry, Scarborough Evening News, 9 April 1982

Theatre

Garth Blaine, Harpers & Queen, December 1984

All's Chaos In Alan's World

Julian Cole, publication TBC, 31 May 1984

Theatre

David Nathan, Jewish Chronicle, 24 August 1984

When Mother Used To Type On A Kitchen Table

James Green, Sunday Express, 5 August 1984

Intimate Exchanges

J.C. Trewin, The Lady, 30 August 1984

Laureate Of Middle Class Life

Kenneth Hurren, Daily Mail, 12 August 1984

Ayckbourn's Variety Show

Kenneth Hurren, Mail On Sunday, 19 August 1984

An Eminently Dippable Play From Ayckbourn

Ian Watson, The Stage, 9 August 1984

Limitless Choices

Morning Star, 21 June 1984

An Exchange With Alan Ayckbourn

David Lewis, International Herald Tribune, 20 September 1984

Intimate Exchanges

The Observer, 17 June 1984

Comeback Of Complex Exchanges

Marie Daniels, Scarborough Evening News, 4 January 2006

Intimate Exchanges

The Observer, 22 July 1984

Only I Would Stage This

Northern Echo, 10 March, 2007

Intimate Exchanges

Robert Warden, Plays And Players, July 1984

Left To Chance

Fiona Pymont, The Big Issue, 19 March 2007

Twin Sets

Sheridan Morley, Punch, 21 June 1984

Final Exchange

Charles Hutchinson, The Press, 23 March 2007

On The Go

Giles Gordon, The Spectator, 23 June 1984

An Eight Way Affair

Stan Scwartz, New York Sun, 12 June 2007

Intimate Exchanges

The Spectator, 28 July 1984

Articles

For Better Or Worse?

Milton Shulmman, The Standard, 14 August 1984

Ayckbourn's Monster In The Wings

Michael Billington, The Guardian, 29 October 1982

Theatre

Clive Hirschhorn, Sunday Express, 19 August 1984

Shadows On The Lawn

Martin Hoyle, Financial Times, 25 August 1984

Quite By Chance

Sunday Telegraph, 17 June 1984

Theatre

Garth Blaine, Harpers & Queen, December 1984

Two's A Company

Sunday Times, 1 July 1984

Reviews (world premiere)

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Comedy Goes Back To School

Robert Hewision, Sunday Times, 19 August 1984

Ayckbourn Comedy Permutations

Eric Shorter, Daily Telegraph, 7 June 1982

Intimate Exchanges

John Peter, Sunday Times, 24 June 1984

Intimate Exchanges

Robin Thornber, The Guardian, 5 June 1982

Intimate Exchanges

Peter Hepple, The Stage, 21 June 1984

Intimate Makes Good Contact

David Jeffels, Northern Echo, 5 June 1982

Ayckbourn Compound Of Musical Chairs

R.B. Marriott, The Stage, 23 August 1984

Probing The Art Of The Possible

Scarborough Evening News, 4 June 1982

Permutated Play Of Random Choices

Christopher Warman, The Times, 9 June 1984

Variations On A Theme

Iain Meekley, Scarborough Evening News, 22 June 1982

Intimate Exchanges

Anthony Masters, The Times, 12 June 1984

Intimate Exchanges

David Jeffels, The Stage, 17 June 1982

Theatre

Sean French, Vogue, November 1984

Another Ayckbourn, Another Hit

Irving Wardle, The Times, 7 June 1982

Suburban Strains

What's On, 6 September 1984

Genuine Variety

Jim Greenfield, Yorkshire Evening Press, 8 April 1983

Master Of Invention

What's On, 12 July 1984

Intimate Exchanges

Desmond Pratt, Yorkshire Post, 4 June 1982

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