Alan Ayckbourn: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Roland Allen • Sir Alan Ayckbourn
Born	April 12, 1939 (age 87) • London • England
Awards And Honors	Tony Awards (2010)
Notable Works	“A Small Family Business” • “Absurd Person Singular” • “Body Language” • “Comic Potential” • “Communicating Doors” • “Damsels in Distress” • “How the Other Half Loves” • “Intimate Exchanges” • “Invisible Friends” • “Mixed Doubles: An Entertainment on Marriage” • “Mr. A’s Amazing Maze Plays” • “Relatively Speaking” • “The Boy Who Fell into a Book” • “The Norman Conquests”

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