Alan Ayckbourn

Sir Alan Ayckbourn straightens my spine just to write about. Born in London in 1939, he authored more than ninety full-length plays and served as artistic director of Scarborough's modest Stephen Joseph Theatre for nearly four decades, collecting an Olivier Award, a CBE and a knighthood along the way. Yet what moves me most isn't the West End glamour but his choice to root himself in a small seaside theatre, premiering nearly everything there on his own terms. That stubborn loyalty to his own house is the mark of a true craftsman. His knack for hiding real human sorrow inside comedy never stops dazzling me.

Name (English)

Alan Ayckbourn

Name (Japanese)

アラン・エイクボーン

Reading

あらん・えいくぼーん

Born

April 12, 1939 (age 87)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rabbit

Origin

London, Roman Empire

Occupation

playwright / writer / screenwriter / theatre director / librettist

University

Haileybury and Imperial Service College

Awards & achievements

• Laurence Olivier Awards
• Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• 1991 Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
• Knight Bachelor
• Society of London Theatre Special Award
• Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts
• 1998 honorary doctorate

• Official sitehttps://www.alanayckbourn.net
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Ayckbourn
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q712848

Tags

• playwright
• writer
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-23

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