My Wonderful Day
by Alan Ayckbourn
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.
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.
Publication
My Wonderful Day is a British comedy play written by Alan Ayckbourn and published by Samuel French in London (2011).
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