Portrait of Alan Ayckbourn

Writing

Alan Ayckbourn

Career

Active from 1965 to 2021, with a break from 1990 to 2000, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score55/100
Highest rated
Poster for BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month
GoodWatch score61/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 4.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Alan Ayckbourn Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    1.5, average 4.8
  • Tension
    3.5, average 6.0
  • Violence
    1.7, average 4.1
  • Scare
    0.4, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

25
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles
Une situation délicate
Une situation délicate (2025)

Theatre Play

L'amour chez les autres
L'amour chez les autres (2025)

Author

The Girl Next Door
The Girl Next Door (2021)

Director, Writer

2010s

2 titles · average score 62
National Theatre Live : A Small Family Business
National Theatre Live : A Small Family Business (2014)

Writer

Life of Riley
Life of Riley (2014)
GoodWatch score 62

Theatre Play

2000s

5 titles · average score 61
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
The 60s: The Beatles Decade (2008)

TV show

Pos na klepsete tous klironomous sas
Pos na klepsete tous klironomous sas (2007)

Writer

Private Fears in Public Places
Private Fears in Public Places (2006)
GoodWatch score 64

Theatre Play

Remue-ménage
Remue-ménage (2003)

Author

By Jeeves
By Jeeves (2001)
GoodWatch score 58

Writer, Director

1990s

4 titles · average score 69
The Revengers' Comedies
The Revengers' Comedies (1998)
GoodWatch score 59

Theatre Play

Smoking / No Smoking
Smoking / No Smoking (1993)
GoodWatch score 79

Theatre Play

Smoking
Smoking (1993)

Theatre Play

No Smoking
No Smoking (1993)

Theatre Play

1980s

8 titles · average score 50
A Chorus of Disapproval
A Chorus of Disapproval (1989)
GoodWatch score 45

Writer

Relatively Speaking
Relatively Speaking (1989)

Writer

Way Upstream
Way Upstream (1987)
GoodWatch score 55

Writer

Season's Greetings
Season's Greetings (1986)

Writer

Absurd Person Singular
Absurd Person Singular (1985)

Writer

Absent Friends
Absent Friends (1985)

Writer

Treppauf Treppab
Treppauf Treppab (1984)

Writer

Bedroom Farce
Bedroom Farce (1980)

Writer

1970s

3 titles · average score 63
The South Bank Show
The South Bank Show (1978)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show

Liefde half om half
Liefde half om half (1976)

Original Film Writer

Halbe Wahrheiten
Halbe Wahrheiten (1972)

Theatre Play