Woman in Mind by Alan Ayckbourn

Woman in Mind by Alan Ayckbourn

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Woman in Mind by Alan Ayckbourn

The comic poet of middle class life, always so very funny, goes deeper and darker in this triumphant play about a housewife named Susan who is married to a boring cleric named George. After getting knocked out by stepping on the tooth end of a garden rake, Susan experiences hilarious hallucinations in which her oppressive and boring everyday life is replaced by a fantasy in which she is an ideal wife and mother with an ideal family. While her real family treats her with condescension and apathy, her fantasy family dresses in lovely white, always drinks champagne, lives in a stately home and tells her that she is wonderful. Eventually, the fantasy family becomes nightmarish and Susan begins to realize that she is going mad.

With almost sixty plays under his belt, Alan Ayckbourn is one of England's most prolific and widely produced living writers. He was knighted in 1997 for his contributions to the theater. This year, he was represented in New York by simultaneous productions of his plays House and Garden on both stages of the Manhattan Theater Club. He resides in the United Kingdom.

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ISBN 13 9780573016622
ISBN 10 0573016623
Title Woman in Mind
Author Alan Ayckbourn
Series Acting Edition S
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Samuel French Ltd
Year published 1987-11-01
Number of pages 72
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.