Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Ask The Archivist: 31 January 2012

Ask The Archivist is a regular feature allowing you to put your Alan Ayckbourn related questions to the playwright's archivist Simon Murgatroyd. 
If you have a question regarding any aspect of Alan's work, email it to: ask@alanayckbourn.net and we'll publish any interesting questions.  

Question: Which, if any, of Alan Ayckbourn's plays have been published in a digital format?

Answer: Currently, 13 of Alan Ayckbourn's plays have been published in a digital format and are available to buy.
Of these plays, only one is available as an individual play - Season's Greetings - with all the rest published in various collected volumes.
The plays currently available are:

Absent Friends - published in Three Plays 
Absurd Person Singular - published in Three Plays
Bedroom Farce - published in Three Plays
House & Garden - published in Alan Ayckbourn: Plays 4 
If I Were You - published in Alan Ayckbourn: Plays 5
Life & Beth - published in Alan Ayckbourn: Plays 5
Life Of Riley - published in Alan Ayckbourn: Plays 5
My Wonderful Day - published in Alan Ayckbourn: Plays 5
The Revengers' Comedies - published in Alan Ayckbourn: Plays 4
Season's Greetings - published as a single play volume 
Snake In The Grass - published in Alan Ayckbourn: Plays 5 
Things We Do For Love - published in Alan Ayckbourn: Plays 4

As of writing, there are no details about further Alan Ayckbourn's plays due to be published in a digital format in the immediate future, but any news about forthcoming publication will be carried at Alan Ayckbourn's Official Website.

All the publications listed on this page are available via the shop at Alan Ayckbourn's Official Website here.

To submit your question to Ask The Archivist, email Simon Murgatroyd at: ask@alanayckbourn.net.