Dreams From A Summer House
by John Pattison, Alan Ayckbourn

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Synopsis

The reigning king of English comedy strikes off in a new direction with this gleeful fantasy.

A couple is preparing for an al fresco party while their hapless ex son in law is holed up in their summer house, drinking off his divorce while he completes illustrations for a new edition of Beauty and the Beast.

When he conjures Belle to life and she appears in the garden unable to understand English unless it is sung, her fantastical presence wreaks havoc with the all too real lives around her.3 women, 5 men

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Press Reviews

"It is almost impossible not to be seduced by this fanciful flight of the imagination."

— Daily Telegraph

"A masterpiece in plot design with some marvelous characters."

— Stage & TV Today

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Publisher Samuel French
Year 1997
Binding Paperback
Edition Illustrated
Pages 94
Place London
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573081040
ISBN-10 0573081042
LCCN 97060061

Dreams From A Summer House is a British play written by John Pattison and published by Samuel French in London (1997).

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