Woman In Mind (1985)

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Alan Ayckbourn
Yes

Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round
Main house (Round)
Round

30 May 1985
30 May 1985
31 August 1985
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Alan Ayckbourn
Francis Lynch
Adrian P Smith
Paul Todd
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Character
Susan
Bill
Andy
Tony
Lucy
Gerald
Muriel
Rick
David Milling
David Emmett-Miller
Jo Linfoot
Paul Quinn
Kathryn-Anne Woodward

Actor
Ursula Jones
Barry McCarthy
Robin Herford
John Hudson
Caroline Webster
Russell Dixon
Heather Stoney
Tom Bowles

Why is this play significant?

Alan Ayckbourn's first play to be told entirely from the perspective of its lead character and his final play to be premiered at the theatre before he took a two year sabbatical to the National Theatre as a Company Director between 1986 and 1988. The play would go on to an award-winning West End run and later also found success in New York.

Notes

○ Woman In Mind is written entirely from the perspective of its lead character, Susan, who never leaves the stage.
○ Woman In Mind marked the acting debut of Barry McCarthy with the Scarborough company, beginning a relationship which would run until 2002.

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All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd.