Alan Ayckbourn

Sir Alan Ayckbourn CBE (born April 12, 1939) is a prolific and popular English playwright. He wrote and produced parts of seventy-three full-length in Scarborough and London was between 1972 and 2009, the artistic director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, where all but four of his plays have received their first show. More than 40 have subsequently been produced in the West End, National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company or the Royal since its first successful open relatively speaking to the Duke of York Theatre in 1967. Major successes include Absurd Person Singular (1975), The Norman Conquests trilogy (1973), Bedroom Farce (1975), Between Us (1976), a chorus of disapproval (1984), Woman in Mind (1985), A Small Family Business (1987), the man of the moment (1988), House & Garden (1999) and Hearts in public places (2004). His plays have won numerous awards including seven London Evening Standard Award.They have been translated into over 35 languages and are performed on stage and television throughout the world. Ten of his plays have been performed on Broadway, attracting two Tony nominations and a Tony Award. Ayckbourn was born