โ Scribed by Alan Ayckbourn
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The Revengers' Comedies
****A hugely entertaining pitch that recalls the old movies to which it frequently pays homage -Strangers on a Train , Rebecca , Kind Hearts and Coronets - and expands after intermission to reveal an immensely disturbing vision of contemporary middle-class England poisoned by the rise of economic ruthlessness and the collapse of ethics. New York Times
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Things We Do for Love
**** Lloyds Private Banking Playwright of the Year Award
__One of his best, his most shockingly and uproariously funny: a cruel and hilarious masterpiece of tragic comedy and comic tragedy.Sunday Times
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House & Garden
****The triumph of his ingenuity lies in the fact that you have to see both plays . . . A second time round, in whichever order you take them, characters will deepen, while those you know become the background. It is a superb Ayckbourn joke that a comedy...
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