The Complete Plays: Taking Steps (1980)

Production Details
Title:
Author:
New Play:

Venue:
Location:
Staging:
Taking Steps
Alan Ayckbourn
No

Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round
Main house (Round)
Round
First performance:
Opening night:
Final performance:
18 June 1980
18 June 1980
20 September 1980
Company Details
Director:

Stage Manager:
Deputy Stage Manager:
Assistant Stage Manager:
Assistant Stage Manager:
Alan Ayckbourn

Simon Whitaker
Eric Lumsden
Sue Merry
Abigail McKern
Character
Elizabeth
Mark, her brother
Tristram, a solicitor
Roland, Elizabeth's husband
Leslie, a builder
Kitty, Mark's fiancee
Actor
Marcia Warren
Robin Herford
Michael Simkins
Ronald Herdman
Jeffrey Robert
Lavinia Bertram
Notes
○ Taking Steps is the only play by Alan Ayckbourn specifically written for in-the-round performance. It can - and has frequently - been performed end-stage, but the playwright feels this is to miss the point of the play.
Links
All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd. Image copyright: Scarborough Theatre Trust