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- Regarded as his first true tragic-comedy – the genre for which the majority of Alan Ayckbourn’s most significant works fall into – it would go on, the following year, to achieve the longest unbroken run of any Ayckbourn play in the West End. It is considered both a classic of the Ayckbourn canon and of 20th century British theatre.
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Absurd Person Singular is a 1972 play by Alan Ayckbourn. Divided into three acts, it documents the changing fortunes of three married couples. Each act takes place at a Christmas celebration at one of the couples' homes on successive Christmas Eves.
- Alan Ayckbourn
- 1972
Absurd Person Singular remains a classic Ayckbourn play and the first real indication of where Alan’s interests as a playwright lie. It is the first of his tragi-comedies and stands as a crucial play in Alan Ayckbourn's development as a playwright.
Historical Context of Absurd Person Singular. Ayckbourn’s play, a study of recognizably middle-class characters, is often discussed in terms of the economic changes affecting the U.K. in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In the quarter-century following the end of World War Two, the British middle class expanded.
May 9, 2021 · Ayckbourn provides us with an acute snapshot of the aspirations, foibles and attitudes of the middle classes in the 1970s. It would be churlish to single out one performance. Although each character represents a particular type, the playing of them is never caricatured.
It was written nearly 50 years ago, but although around 70 plays have flowed from Alan Ayckbourn since then, Absurd Person Singular remains one of his most popular and funniest plays.
- Colin Davison
Dec 12, 2007 · A lan Ayckbourn abandoned the West End five years ago after a bad experience with Damsels in Distress. But, happily, he is back with this revival of his vintage 1972 comedy: a play that...
Jun 25, 2020 · It is considered both a classic of the Ayckbourn canon and of 20th century British theatre. To mark its anniversary this week, this is an amended article by the playwright discussing how Absurd Person Singular came about, first published in The Guardian in 2012.
