How The Other Half Loves (1969)

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Alan Ayckbourn
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Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre
Concert Room, Scarborough Library
Round

31 July 1969
31 July 1969
13 September 1969

Alan Ayckbourn
Peter Boden
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Robin Holmes
Lesli Tomson
Charles Boyle
Sharon Duce
Robert Peck
Character
Frank
Teresa
Fiona
Bob
William
Mary
Actor
Jeremy Franklin
Stephanie Turner
Elisabeth Sladen
Colin Edwynn
Brian Miller
Elizabeth Ashton

Why is this play significant?

Alan Ayckbourn's ninth play and second West End triumph. With the success of How The Other Half Loves, Scarborough was able to capitalise on its association with a highly successful West End playwright and Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre began to enjoy significant royalties on the back of Alan's West End success.

Notes

○ When the actor Jeremy Franklin slipped a disc during the first week of performances, Alan Ayckbourn stepped in for several performances, reading from the book. This impromptu appearance is considered the playwright's final professional acting performance.
○ No brochure for the summer 1969 season is held in archive and, as a result, no definitive dates are known for the season other than the opening and closing nights of the season and the opening nights of The Dynamic Death-Defying Leap of Timothy Satupon the Great and How The Other Half Loves.

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All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd.