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Alan Ayckbourn: Writing
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Ayckbourn was born in Hampstead, London. His mother Irene Worley was a writer of short stories who published successfully under the name of "Mary James". His father, Irene's second husband Horace Ayckbourn, was a distinguished orchestral violinist, at one time deputy leader of the London Symphony Orchestra. His parents, who separated shortly after World War II, never formally married, and Ayckbourn's mother divorced her first husband in order to marry again in 1948[1][2].
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Backnumbers was a compilation of songs from previous revues by Alan Ayckbourn and Paul Todd. There were two variants of it: Tuesday and Thursday, each with different songs and a different cast.
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Plays by Ayckbourn have ... been filmed for cinema and television in English, French, Polish, German and Dutch among others. Ten of his plays have been staged on Broadway, attracting two Tony nominations. In 1991, he received a Dramalogue Critics Award for his play Henceforward.... Alan received the CBE in 1987 and was knighted in 1997.
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