WRITER

Alan Ayckbourn

1939 - Today

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Sir Alan Ayckbourn (born 12 April 1939) is a prolific British playwright and director. He has written and produced as of 2024, 90 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Ayckbourn has received more than 503,615 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Ayckbourn is the 5,730th most popular writer (down from 5,035th in 2019), the 4,466th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,927th in 2019) and the 506th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Woman in mind
English drama, English Plays
1986
How the other half loves
In this suburban trio of married couples, one couple is at the top of the social ladder. One of the other couples is attractive and upcoming, despite the fact that she is an utter slob and he is a boor; and the third pair is socially hopeless but earnest. The action takes place at two dinner parties given on consecutive nights. The single set, representing two living-rooms, is almost a character itself.
1971
Relatively speaking
Drama, Man-woman relationships
Greg and Ginny are living together, but Greg is becoming somewhat suspicious that he is not the only man in her life. He wonders about Ginny's plan 'to visit her parents' and decides to follow her. Ginny is really going to see a considerably older lover, but only in order to break with him. Greg mistakes the ex-lover and his wife for Ginny's parents. Ginny's arrival further compounds an already wildly hilarious situation.
1968
The Norman conquests
Drama, English drama (Comedy), English Plays
1974
Confusions
1977
Three plays
1975

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alan Ayckbourn ranks 5,730 out of 7,302. Before him are Dmitri Prigov, Lőrinc Szabó, Pauline Baynes, Kito Lorenc, James E. Gunn, and David Mitchell. After him are Katri Vala, José Manuel Caballero, Jack McDevitt, Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, Charles Williams, and Can Dündar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Alan Ayckbourn ranks 482. Before him are Ted Kaufman, Erik Hansen, Gerry Goffin, R. C. Sproul, Al Unser, and Jan-Just Bos. After him are Chris Craft, Elizabeth Ashley, Jalal Dabagh, Koldo Aguirre, Rudolf Bayer, and Alexey Korneyev.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alan Ayckbourn ranks 4,466 out of 8,785. Before him are Martin Wolf (1946), George Coulouris (1903), John Dill (1881), Steve McQueen (1969), Pauline Baynes (1922), and David Mitchell (1969). After him are Howard Jones (1955), Simon Schama (1945), George Galloway (1954), Monty Norman (1928), Charles Williams (1886), and Andy Mackay (1946).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Alan Ayckbourn ranks 506. Before him are Abraham Cowley (1618), Peter Morgan (1963), Joe Orton (1933), Frederick Rolfe (1860), Pauline Baynes (1922), and David Mitchell (1969). After him are Charles Williams (1886), Julian Symons (1912), Nigella Lawson (1960), Jhumpa Lahiri (1967), Robert Edmond Grant (1793), and Richard K. Morgan (1965).

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