This September, the SJT presents the world premiere of Alan Ayckbourn’s 81st play, A Brief History of Women, a comedy in four parts about an unremarkable man and the remarkable women who loved him, left him or lost him over 60 years; and of the equally remarkable old manor house that saw and heard it all happen.
From his first unsettling encounter as a very young man in 1925 to an unexpected reunion later in life, Anthony Spates’ romantic progress – fireworks, love and loss – is charted in this hilarious and gently touching comedy.
Alan Ayckbourn says: “I’ve written plays with a man as the central character, and plays with a woman as the central character. And I’ve written plays with characters that never actually appear – but I think this is the first time I’ve written a play with a house as the central character.”
A Brief History of Women features a cast of six: Russell Dixon, Antony Eden, Frances Marshall, Laura Matthews, Laurence Pears and Louise Shuttleworth.
