Time of My Life
by Alan Ayckbourn

Name: Time of My Life
Brand: Alan Ayckbourn
SKU: 9780573019074
Rating: 3.47 (37 reviews)

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Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

120 minsPresent DayExpandable CastingInterior SetBritish Comedy

What readers are saying

Readers have mixed feelings about the play's execution and themes. Many praise its engaging dialogue and deeper messages about appreciating time and relationships, while some find it repetitious and lacking in impact. The innovative storytelling and character interactions are highlighted, though not all are convinced of its overall effectiveness as a performance.

Engaging dialogue and humorThought-provoking themesInnovative storytelling techniquesRepetitive themesNot impactful for some

Synopsis

Time of My Life charts the decline and fall of a successful family business founded and nurtured by Gerry and Laura Stratton.

It is Laura's fifty-fourth birthday and Gerry has organized a small family dinner at their favourite restaurant.

Domestically, all seems well.

Glyn, their eldest son, has patched up his marriage with Stephanie; younger son Adam has a new girlfriend and is deeply in love.

But, as we suspect, all this is surface stuff.

For, as their evening proceeds, the play reveals skeletons from the past and a spectre of the future.

Press Reviews

"A play by an inspired master craftsman and cunning psychologist working at full stretch: harsh and funny, simple and cunning, generous but unforgiving." - London Sunday Times"Funny, very funny, and not at all funny; quintessentially Ayckbourn."
— London Times