Alan Ayckbourn
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Sir Alan Ayckbourn CBE FRSA （born 12 April 1939） is a prolific British playwright and director.
He has written and produced as of 2021, more than eighty full-length plays in Scarborough and London and was, between 1972 and 2009, the artistic director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough,
where all but four of his plays have received their first performance.
More than 40 have subsequently been produced in the West End, at the Royal National Theatre or by the Royal Shakespeare Company since his first hit Relatively Speaking opened at the Duke of York's Theatre in 1969.
Major successes include Absurd Person Singular （1975）, The Norman Conquests trilogy （1973）, Bedroom Farce （1975）, Just Between Ourselves （1976）, A Chorus of Disapproval （1984）,
Woman in Mind （1985）, A Small Family Business （1987）, Man of the Moment （1988）, House & Garden （1999） and Private Fears in Public Places （2004）.
His plays have won numerous awards, including seven London Evening Standard Awards.
They have been translated into over 35 languages and are performed on stage and television throughout the world.
Ten of his plays have been staged on Broadway, attracting two Tony nominations, and one Tony award.
Ayckbourn was born in Hampstead, London.
His mother Irene Worley （"Lolly"） （1906–1998） was a writer of short stories who published under the name "Mary James".
His father, Horace Ayckbourn （1904–1965）, was an orchestral violinist and was the lead violinist at the London Symphony Orchestra.
His parents, who separated shortly after World War II, never married, and Ayckbourn's mother ...
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