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Question: Which of Alan Ayckbourn's plays are set specifically at Christmas?
Answer: Christmas has featured in a number of Alan Ayckbourn's plays, most famously in Absurd Person Singular and Season's Greetings.
It's also featured in some of his most obscure plays - which have never been published and are not available to produce - such as Dad's Tale and Christmas V Mastermind.
Here then is a list of all Alan Ayckbourn's full-length plays set specifically over Christmas.
Dad's Tale (1960)
Christmas V Mastermind (1961)
Absurd Person Singular (1972)
Joking Apart (1978) - Act II, scene I is set on Boxing Day
Season's Greetings (1980)
Sugar Daddies (2003)
Life & Beth (2008)
Although not specifically stated in the play, A Word From Our Sponsor (1995) is probably set at Christmas as the play centres around a community's attempts to stage a nativity play.
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