| Woman in Mind | |||
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| Written by | Alan Ayckbourn | ||
| Characters | Susan Gerald Muriel Rick Bill Andy Tony Lucy | ||
| Date premiered | 30 May 1985 | ||
| Place premiered | Stephen Joseph Theatre (Westwood site), Scarborough | ||
| Original language | English | ||
| Subject | Madness, family neglect | ||
| Genre | Tragi-comedy | ||
| Setting | A real garden, and an imaginary estate | ||
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Woman in Mind (December Bee) is the 32nd play by English playwright Alan Ayckbourn. It was premiered at the Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough, in 1985.[1] Despite pedestrian reviews by many critics, strong audience reaction resulted in a transfer to London's West End.[2] The play received its London opening at the Vaudeville Theatre in 1986 where it received predominantly excellent reviews.[3]
Woman in Mind was Ayckbourn's first play to use first-person narrative and a subjective viewpoint and is considered to be one of his most affecting works[2] and one of his best.[4]
- ^ "Woman in Mind (1985) – Productions". alanayckbourn.net. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- ^ a b Simon Murgatroyd. "Woman in Mind (1985) – History". alanayckbourn.net. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
- ^ Simon Murgatroyd. "An Introduction to Woman in Mind – The Critics". alanayckbourn.net. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2007.
- ^ Hepple, Peter (11 September 1986). "Woman in Mind at the Vaudeville". The Stage.