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BBC Radio 4 Extra - Ayckbourn in Action

An exploration of playwright Alan Ayckbourn's directing career.

An exploration of playwright Alan Ayckbourn's directing career. Featuring Julia McKenzie and Michael Gambon. From 2011.

Alan Ayckbourn's talent as a director has often been obscured by his global success as a playwright. 

In this programme - amid rehearsals for his latest (75th!) stage play, Neighbourhood Watch - we analyse what makes him such a deft and consummate director of his own plays and those of others.

With contributions from Julia McKenzie, Michael Gambon, Peter Bowles, Suzie Blake, Penelope Wilton and Martin Jarvis we find out about his skill in handling actors and in prompting performances that delicately balance the comedy and the pain of life.


Producer: Susan Marling
A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2011.

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