Garden
by Alan Ayckbourn

Garden Book Cover
Garden Cover

Highlights

120 mins Present Day Room for Extras Exterior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy

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
TEDDY PLATT

a businessman; 40s

TRISH PLATT

his wife, a designer; 40s

SALLY PLATT

their daughter, a schoolgirl; 17

ILES MACE

a doctor; late 30s

JOANNA MACE

his wife, a teacher; late 30s

JAKE MACE

their son, a student reporter; 19-20

GAVIN RYNG-MAYNE

a novelist; late 40s

ARRY LOVE

a shopkeeper; 30s

LINDA

his wife, a shopkeeper; 30s

LUCILLE CADEAU

an actress; of a certain age

FRAN BRIGGS

her driver

WARN COUCHER

a gardener; late 50s-early 60s

IZZIE TRUCE

a housekeeper; late 50s

PEARL TRUCE

an occasional cleaner; late 20s

MAYPOLE DANCERS & BANDSMEN

several children of about seven or eight years old

Videos

Alan Ayckbourn on Growing As a Dramatist

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
ISBN-13 9780573019784
ISBN-10 0573019789

Garden is a comedy play written by Alan Ayckbourn and published by Samuel French .

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Fee: Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

Restrictions: Major Markets Only (US) / Standard Restriction (UK)

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