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Season's Greetings
by Alan Ayckbourn
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"Alan Ayckbourn's 'Season's Greetings' provides a humorous and insightful look at family dynamics during the holiday season."
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Comedy / Casting: 5m, 4f / Scenery: Combined Interior Half a dozen friends and relatives are celebrating Christmas with Neville and Belinda.
Various children are also there and, though unseen, their presence is always felt.
Petty squabbles break out and some not so petty.
The arrival of Clive, a young writer, leads to what momentarily appears to be a tragedy: Clive is shot by trigger happy Harvey who thinks he is a burglar.
Hilarious highlights include a chaotically incompetent puppet show and a midnight love scene that sets off a fearful din among mechanical Christmas toys.
"Brilliantly combines cynicism and humor."
Sunday Express.
"Superbly crafted."
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"Brilliantly combines cynicism and humor."
— Sunday Express
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Publisher Samuel French
Year 1982
Binding Paperback
Edition Illustrated
Pages 158
Place London
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573114014
ISBN-10 0573114013
eISBN-13 9780571273485
LCCN 82230347
LCC PR6051.Y35 S4 1982
DCC 822/.914
Season's Greetings is a British christmas play written by Alan Ayckbourn and published by Samuel French in London (1982).
Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, Google Play (eISBN 9780571273485).
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