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Contact the website administrator

Simon Murgatroyd is the website administrator and the archivist at The Bob Watson Archive at the Stephen Joseph Theatre.

 

John Pattison

Co-writer on several of Alan Ayckbourn's plays and composer for many of Alan Ayckbourn's plays.

 
 

 

 

 

 
 

Contact The Bob Watson Archive

The Bob Watson Archive holds the largest collection of publicly accessible material on Alan Ayckbourn and the Stephen Joseph Theatre.

 

Stage Management / Prop hire at the Stephen Joseph Theatre

The Stephen Joseph Theatre now has a prop hire service for Alan Ayckbourn's plays. Adrian Sweeney is the production manager at the SJT.

 
 

 

 

 

 
 

The Stephen Joseph Theatre

The website for the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, where the majority of Alan Ayckbourn's plays are premiered.

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 
 

Publishers

 

Photographers

 
 

Samuel French - London

Publishers of the acting editions of Alan Ayckbourn's plays and the licensing agent for amateur productions of his plays.

 

Tony Bartholomew

The Stephen Joseph Theatre's current photographer and responsible for photographing Alan Ayckbourn's plays since 1999.

 
 

 

 

 

 
 

Faber & Faber

Publisher of Alan Ayckbourn plays and play collections. Also publishes Alan's book The Crafty Art Of Playmaking.

 

Adrian Gatie

A professional photographer who was the SJT's photographer between 1990 and 1998. A website dedicated to his extensive theatre collection is coming soon.

 
 

 

 

 

 
     

Dobson Agency

Yorkshire based photographic agency which holds images of Alan Ayckbourn with particular emphasis on the late '80s and early '90s.

 
         
 

Theatres

 

Other Resources

 
 

The National Theatre

The National Theatre website with access to its extensive archive website. Alan Ayckbourn has produced a number of his plays at this venue.

 

www.playregistry.com

An online theatrical database with find detailed information about plays and playwrights, including synopses, biographies, character information and more.

 
 

 

 

 

 
 

The New Vic Theatre

The Stephen Joseph Theatre's sister theatre: also founded by Stephen Joseph. Alan Ayckbourn was an Associate Director from 1962 - 1964.

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 
 

Playwrights

 

Amateur Society Websites

 
 

Harold Pinter

The official website for Harold Pinter: an excellent resource for one of Alan Ayckbourn's contemporaries

 

NODA (The National Operatic And Dramatic Association)

The UK's main amateur theatre representative body: a comprehensive website dealing with all aspects of amateur production.

 
 

 

 

 

 
 

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alan Ayckbourn collaborated on Jeeves & By Jeeves. The official website offers a look at the career of one of the successful composer.

 

www.amdram.co.uk

An extensive website and community network for British amateur dramatic societies including an extensive calendar of events.

 
 

 

 

 

 
 

Archive And Research Resources

 

Current Websites / Miscellany

 
 

The British Library

Website for the British Library which holds original copies of all of Alan Ayckbourn's canon plays.

 

The Norman Conquests at the Old Vic

The Old Vic website with details of their autumn production of The Norman Conquests running between September and December.

 
 

 

 

 

 
 

The Theatre Archive Project

A major and extensive archival project based at the University of Sheffield investigating British Theatre between 1945 and 1968.

 

Absurd Person Singular 2008 tour

Website for Bill Kenwright's touring production of the acclaimed 2007 West End revival of Absurd Person Singular directed by Alan Strachan.

 
 

 

 

 

 
 

Internet Broadway Database

A comprehensive guide to productions staged on Broadway including details of Alan Ayckbourn's productions.

 

Alan Ayckbourn's The Things That Go Bump season at the SJT

A website dedicated to The Things That Go Bump trilogy of Alan Ayckbourn plays currently in repertory at the Stephen Joseph Theatre.

 
 

 

 

 

 
 

www.thisislondon.com

Website dedicated to productions and theatres in London's West End including archival material regarding past productions / venues.