Alan Ayckbourn

About

Tony Award-winning English playwright who wrote Relatively Speaking, House & Garden, and Bedroom Farce.

Before Fame

He was introduced to his future mentor, Stephen Joseph, while working at the Scarborough Library Theatre as a teen.

Trivia

He served as director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre from 1972 to 2009.

Family Life

He has one step-brother named Christopher.

Associated With

He became England's second most performed playwright, after the legendary William Shakespeare .