{"product_id":"9780571348282-alan-ayckbourn-plays-6","title":"Alan Ayckbourn: Plays 6","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTime of My Life; Neighbourhood Watch; Arrivals and Departures; Hero’s Welcome; A Brief History of Women\u003cbr\u003eIncludes: \u003ci\u003eTime of My Life; Neighbourhood Watch; Arrivals and Departures; Hero's Welcome; A Brief History of Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith an Introduction by the author.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The prolific master of suburban mayhem has still got his mojo.' \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime of My Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'One of Mr. Ayckbourn's most virtuosic experiments in postmodern narrative.' \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNeighbourhood Watch\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'Ayckbourn's tartly topical, pitch-black comedy, a startling evocation of the panic induced by nightmarish notions of \"broken Britain\". An arresting, nastily comic cautionary tale.' \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArrivals and Departures\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'Ayckbourn's genius lies in his ability to write what you might call 'sad comedies,' uproariously funny farces that are at second glance deeply serious, at times despairing portraits of modern middle-class life and its discontents. On occasion, as in \u003ci\u003eArrivals \u0026amp; Departures\u003c\/i\u003e, he puts the despair at centre stage, and what results is a play that at bottom can no longer be called a comedy at all.' \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHero's Welcome \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'Alan Ayckbourn is the poet laureate of missed connections. In play after pensive, droll and acid play, Ayckbourn anatomizes how we fail to understand and trust our lovers and friends.' \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Brief History of Women\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'As \u003ci\u003eA Brief History of Women\u003c\/i\u003e follows Spates at twenty year intervals through the next sixty years, it becomes progressively more funny, more tender, more Ayckbourn. Ayckbourn knows that moments of real connection between people are hard-won and hard to forget.' \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56449757184374,"sku":"9780571348282","price":16.08,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36339049.jpg?v=1760446650","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571348282-alan-ayckbourn-plays-6","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}