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Communicating Doors
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 3w, 3m
Communicating Doors
by Alan Ayckbourn
This intricate time traveling comic thriller by the British master of farcical comedy delighted London and New York audiences. A London sex specialist from the future stumbles into a murder plot that sends her, compliments of a unique set of hotel doors, traveling back in time.
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Cast Size
3w, 3m -
Subgenre
Period -
Target Audience
Adult, Teen (Age 14-18)
Accolades
1997 Moliere for Best Comedy
1994 Olivier Award nomination for Best Comedy
Details
Summary
This intricate time traveling comic thriller by the British master of farcical comedy delighted London and New York audiences. A London sex specialist from the future stumbles into a murder plot that sends her, compliments of a unique set of hotel doors, traveling back in time. She and two women who were murdered in 1998 and 1978 race back and forth in time trying to rewrite history and prevent their own violent ends. The frantic race begins when Poopay is hired for an evening at the Regal Hotel by an old man who eschews a fling in favor of confessing his role in the demise of his wives. Now a target, Poopay flees into the vestibule and somehow triggers the time machine.
"A real knockout...A vastly entertaining blend of the West End drawing room thriller with one of Priestley's old time plays, where characters go whirling throughout time. Of course, Ayckbourn has added innumerable piquant and bizarre details of his own..."
Keywords
- Time Period Contemporary
- Setting A hotel suite
- Features Period Costumes
- Cautions
- Mild Adult Themes
Media
Videos
Alan Ayckbourn on Growing As a Dramatist
Alan Ayckbourn on Comparisons
Alan Ayckbourn on How to Approach His Plays
Alan Ayckbourn on Getting Started
Alan Ayckbourn on the Difference Between Then and Now
Alan Ayckbourn on Ideas
Alan Ayckbourn on Writing a Well Made Play
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
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