My Very Own Story
by Alan Ayckbourn

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Reduced Casting (Doubling Possible) Bare Stage/Simple Set Comedy

Synopsis

Due to an unfortunate triple booking, three storytellers, Peter, Paul and Percy, arrive simultaneously each to tell his own story.

After some acrimony, Percy wins out and is soon telling his story - a Victorian yarn featuring, to his dismay, Paul who has hijacked the leading role.

Soon Peter in turn is continuing Percy's unresolved fable only to find Percy appearing in this.

In due course, Peter appears in Paul's gothic story (an extension of Peter's forties tales) and together they reach a surprisingly happy conclusion.8 women, 9 men

Characters

Character
The Story-Tellers
PERCY PARTON PETER PATCHETT PAUL PEEL
The Characters - Percy's Story - The Donkey RUPERT

played by Paul

GORFF

the coachman

MRS. YERP
YERP

her husband, Leonora and Frederick's retainer

LEONORA  FREDERICK (Leonora's brother)

Leonora's brother (the "donkey")

Peter's Story - The Enchanted Suitor  FREDERICK

as a young man, played by Percy

1ST WOMAN  2ND WOMAN  PLAIN WOMAN  CECILI
ALICIA

her mother

EMILIA

her sister

Paul's Story - The Sorceror's Daughter  CECILIA/ALICIA  ALICIA/CECILIA  EMILIA  VARIUS (Alicia's husband)

Alicia's husband, played by Peter

VILLAGE BOY  DENZIL BASIL

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Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 1995
Binding Paperback
Edition First Edition
Pages 78
Place London
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573051050
ISBN-10 0573051054
LCCN 96109485
LCC PR6051.Y35 M98 1995
DCC 822/.914

My Very Own Story is a comedy play written by Alan Ayckbourn and published by Samuel French in London (1995).

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