The Complete Plays: Woman In Mind (1985)

Production Details
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Woman in Mind
Alan Ayckbourn
Yes

Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round
Main house (Round)
Round
First performance:
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Final performance:
30 May 1985
30 May 1985
31 August 1985
Company Details
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Assistant Stage Manager:
Alan Ayckbourn
Francis Lynch
Adrian P Smith
Paul Todd

David Milling
David Emmett-Miller
Jo Linfoot
Paul Quinn
Kathryn-Anne Woodward
Character
Susan
Bill
Andy
Tony
Lucy
Gerald
Muriel
Rick
Actor
Ursula Jones
Barry McCarthy
Robin Herford
John Hudson
Caroline Webster
Russell Dixon
Heather Stoney
Tom Bowles
Why is this play significant?
Woman in Mind is Alan Ayckbourn's first play to be told entirely from the perspective of its lead character, who never leaves the stage. It was 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 marked the acting debut of Barry McCarthy with the Scarborough company, beginning a professional relationship with the company and Alan Ayckbourn which would run until 2002.
Links
All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd. Image copyright: Scarborough Theatre Trust