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Mother Figure

Short Play, Comedy  /  2w, 1m

Alan Ayckbourn

A mother is unable to escape from baby talk in this short play from Confusions .

Mother Figure

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Summary
A mother is unable to escape from baby talk in this short play from the collection Confusions by Alan Ayckbourn, which deals with the human dilemma of loneliness.
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting A living room

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"Runs the gamut of comic technique from faintly pathetic situation comedy to outright farce.... Ayckbourn has demonstrated once again that even in a trivial situation he can hold the attention with his matchless ear for conversational speech, and in untrivial situations shows himself a comic writer of immortal quality." - London Financial Times

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Alan Ayckbourn

Alan Ayckbourn

A playwright and theatre director, to date Alan Ayckbourn has written 89 plays – Family Album attracted four-star reviews when it premiered in September 2022 at the Stephen Joseph, where nearly all his plays are first staged.

However, this year he will stage his 88th play Welc ...

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