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Alan Ayckbourn
Henceforward--
by Alan Ayckbourn
Synopsis
England's comic master is in a black comic mode in this West End hit about our fascination with technology.
It is sometime quite soon in a steel shuttered, slovenly flat in a no go area of North London where punks rule deserted streets.
Here, a lonely composer sits surrounded by high tech equipment.
His only company is a robot nanny, and she's on the blink.
He desperately wants to reclaim his teenage daughter and enlists an out of work actress to implement a cunning plan he's evolved to impress his estranged wife and a wired for sound child welfare officer.
When things don't work out, Jerome has to improvise...
It's amazing what can be done with a few micro chips and a screwdriver!
Press Reviews
"This brilliant play offers an ultimately bleak vision of men, machines and society. But the exhilarating Ayckbournian paradox is that the darker it gets the funnier it becomes."
— The Guardian
"Nobody can be as funny as Alan Ayckbourn, or as frightening."
— Financial Times
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Publication
Publisher Samuel French
Year 1989
Binding Paperback
Pages 152
Place London
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573016912
ISBN-10 0573016917
LCCN 90207403
LCC PR6051.Y35 H46 1988
DCC 822/.914
Henceforward-- is a British comedy play written by Alan Ayckbourn and published by Samuel French in London (1989).
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Restrictions: Major Markets Only (US) / Standard Restriction (UK)
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