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Intimate Exchanges, Volume I

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  1w, 1m

Alan Ayckbourn

"There are scores of side splittingly funny lines derived from Mr. Ayckbourn's acute observation of the middle classes at bay, floundering under the pressures of trying to lead, or to be seen leading, respectable lives. The comedy is wry, sardonic an…

Intimate Exchanges, Volume I

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    1w, 1m
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    • UIL Approved
Accolades
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  • 1984 Olivier Award nomination for Best Comedy

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Summary
There are no less than eight intimate exchanges in this ingenious tour de farce and each has two different endings; you can see Intimate Exchanges sixteen times and not see the same play twice! And one actor and one actress play all 10 characters. This is Ayckbourn's most unusual look yet at the foibles of middle class living.

Published in two volumes

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    "There are scores of side splittingly funny lines derived from Mr. Ayckbourn's acute observation of the middle classes at bay, floundering under the pressures of trying to lead, or to be seen leading, respectable lives. The comedy is wry, sardonic and bitter." - The London Spectator

    Videos

    • Alan Ayckbourn on Growing As a Dramatist youtube thumbnail

      Alan Ayckbourn on Growing As a Dramatist

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      Alan Ayckbourn on Comparisons

    • Alan Ayckbourn on How to Approach His Plays youtube thumbnail

      Alan Ayckbourn on How to Approach His Plays

    • Alan Ayckbourn on Getting Started youtube thumbnail

      Alan Ayckbourn on Getting Started

    • Alan Ayckbourn on the Difference Between Then and Now youtube thumbnail

      Alan Ayckbourn on the Difference Between Then and Now

    • Alan Ayckbourn on Ideas youtube thumbnail

      Alan Ayckbourn on Ideas

    • Alan Ayckbourn on Writing a Well Made Play youtube thumbnail

      Alan Ayckbourn on Writing a Well Made Play

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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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