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Tons of Money (revised, Ayckbourn)

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  4w, 6m

Alan Ayckbourn, Will Evans, Arthur Valentine

Will Evans and Valentine
Revised by Alan Ayckbourn

"A spirited piece which captures the flavor of the period." - Sunday Today

"Mr. Aychbourn's treatment of this... crowd pleaser is an unerring theatrical delight." - Daily Mail

Tons of Money (revised, Ayckbourn)

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 6m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Farce
  • Suggested Use
    • UIL Approved
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Summary
Alan Ayckbourn's version of the first of the famous Aldwych farces was produced by the National Theatre. It is the story of an unsuccessful inventor who inherits the life interest in a fortune which is to revert on his death to his cousin George Maitland. As Cousin George is thought to have died abroad, the inventor has the brilliant idea of "dying" so that he can resurrect himself as his cousin and avoid paying his enormous debts. Complications arise in the form of George's wife, another Maitland imposter (the butler's brother) and finally the real George Maitland himself!

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"A spirited piece which captures the flavor of the period." - Sunday Today "Mr. Aychbourn's treatment of this... crowd pleaser is an unerring theatrical delight." - Daily Mail

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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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Will Evans

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Arthur Valentine

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