Garden
by Alan Ayckbourn

Name: Garden
Brand: Alan Ayckbourn
SKU: 9780573019784
Rating: 3.69 (3 reviews)

Highlights

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120 minsPresent DayRoom for ExtrasExterior SetContemporary Costumes/Street ClothesComedy

Synopsis

Teddy's jilted mistress threatens suicide as a garden fête is prepared.

In the original production at Scarborough, and later at the National Theatre, the play was performed in adjacent auditoria simultaneously with Garden.

Contained in the volume House & Garden

Press Reviews

"Perhaps his [Ayckbourn's] greatest work. An engaging, high precision production."
— The Daily Telegraph"It's audacious, crazy and altogether brilliant." - The Times

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
TEDDY PLATT a businessman; 40s	—	40s	a businessman; 40s
TRISH PLATT his wife, a designer; 40s	female	40s	his wife, a designer; 40s
SALLY PLATT their daughter, a schoolgirl; 17	female	—	their daughter, a schoolgirl; 17
ILES MACE a doctor; late 30s	—	30s	a doctor; late 30s
JOANNA MACE his wife, a teacher; late 30s	female	30s	his wife, a teacher; late 30s
JAKE MACE their son, a student reporter; 19-20	male	20	their son, a student reporter; 19-20
GAVIN RYNG-MAYNE a novelist; late 40s	—	40s	a novelist; late 40s
ARRY LOVE a shopkeeper; 30s	—	30s	a shopkeeper; 30s
LINDA his wife, a shopkeeper; 30s	female	30s	his wife, a shopkeeper; 30s
LUCILLE CADEAU an actress; of a certain age	female	—	an actress; of a certain age
FRAN BRIGGS her driver	—	—	her driver
WARN COUCHER a gardener; late 50s-early 60s	—	50s	a gardener; late 50s-early 60s
IZZIE TRUCE a housekeeper; late 50s	—	50s	a housekeeper; late 50s
PEARL TRUCE an occasional cleaner; late 20s	—	20s	an occasional cleaner; late 20s
MAYPOLE DANCERS & BANDSMEN several children of about seven or eight years old	—	—	several children of about seven or eight years old