Time & Time Again (1971)
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Alan Ayckbourn
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Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre
Concert Room, Scarborough Library
Round
8 July 1971
8 July 1971
11 September 1971
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Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre
Concert Room, Scarborough Library
Round
8 July 1971
8 July 1971
11 September 1971
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Alan Ayckbourn
Jenny Smith
David Millard
Gerson Grant
Jenny Smith
David Millard
Gerson Grant
Character
Leonard
Graham, his brother-in-law
Anna, his sister
Joan
Peter, her fiance
Leonard
Graham, his brother-in-law
Anna, his sister
Joan
Peter, her fiance
Actor
Christopher Godwin
Roger Kemp
Eve Shickle
Gil Osborne
Tim Meats
Christopher Godwin
Roger Kemp
Eve Shickle
Gil Osborne
Tim Meats
Why is this play significant?
Alan Ayckbourn's first tragicomic play and also his first dalliance with water on stage - which would reach its apex in Way Upstream in 1981 when the entire stage was filled with water. Famously - and much to the chagrin of Scarborough Library - the pond featured in Time & Time Again sprung a leak overnight and dripped into the periodicals section of the Reading Room beneath….Notes
○ Time & Time Again was the only production directed by Alan Ayckbourn during the 1971 summer season at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, primarily due to his commitments to his first transfer of a play - How The other Half Loves - to North America.
○ It was the first production to have a water feature on stage at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough, in the form of a small pond; early in the play's run, this leaked overnight into the reading room of Scarborough public library directly beneath the Concert Room at the venue where Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre was based.
○ This production marked the debut of Christopher Godwin with the company who would go on to originate some of the most famous Ayckbourn characters, such as Norman in The Norman Conquests and Dennis in Just Between Ourselves.
○ The 1971 season was overseen by Caroline Smith as the Director Of Productions (Artistic Director). She directed all but one of the plays - Time & Time Again - and was the final person to be seasonally appointed to this role before Alan Ayckbourn was appointed Artistic Director in 1972 through to 2009.
○ It was the first production to have a water feature on stage at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough, in the form of a small pond; early in the play's run, this leaked overnight into the reading room of Scarborough public library directly beneath the Concert Room at the venue where Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre was based.
○ This production marked the debut of Christopher Godwin with the company who would go on to originate some of the most famous Ayckbourn characters, such as Norman in The Norman Conquests and Dennis in Just Between Ourselves.
○ The 1971 season was overseen by Caroline Smith as the Director Of Productions (Artistic Director). She directed all but one of the plays - Time & Time Again - and was the final person to be seasonally appointed to this role before Alan Ayckbourn was appointed Artistic Director in 1972 through to 2009.
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