My Wonderful Day
by Alan Ayckbourn

Name: My Wonderful Day
Brand: Alan Ayckbourn
SKU: 9780573113048
Rating: 3.43 (7 reviews)

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Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

90 minsBritish Comedy

What readers are saying

Readers appreciate Alan Ayckbourn's style but feel a sense of disappointment with My Wonderful Day. The lack of the usual complexity and twists found in his other works leaves some expecting more. While there is a fondness for the author's work, many feel that this play does not quite meet their expectations.

Appreciation for Alan AyckbournSimple storytellingCharming charactersLacks usual twistsVery simple plot

Synopsis

"Winnie is nearly nine.

Her mum, Laverne, is second-generation Afro-Caribbean and heavily pregnant but continues with her cleaning job since her husband left while she dreams of moving the family back to Martinique.

Tuesdays are special: Laverne insists that Winnie speaks only French (in preparation for Martinique) and today is Tuesday - not her usual day to clean at the north London house of Kevin Tate, an affluent, bad-tempered, philandering, minor television personality.

Not well enough to go to school, Winnie accompanies her mum and settles down to her homework: an essay entitled "My Wonderful Day."

Throughout the course of the next few hours, the shy, astute and ever-watchful Winnie will amass plenty of material for her essay as a variety of adults parades before her: Kevin's baby-talking and patronizing mistress, his vengeful wife, and the hungover family friend who pours out his heart believing that Winnie doesn't speak English.

But as events reach a frenzied climax, Winnie's essay will speak volumes."--Back cover.

ThemesEnglish drama