by Alan Ayckbourn · Pearson Education Limited · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780582302426
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«Absent Friends» is a play by Alan Ayckbourn, published by Pearson Education Limited in paperback (120 pages, in English).
Colin has recently lost his fiancée, and his friends Paul and Diana organise a tea to cheer him up. The gathering, intended as a gesture of comfort, gradually fills with tensions and brings to light the awkwardness, loneliness and communication difficulties among those who attend. With a satirical tone and sharp dialogue, Ayckbourn shows the fragility of relationships.
This 1996 edition belongs to the New Longman Literature 14-18 series, for school use; the play was originally published in 1975.
Intended for secondary school students studying English literature, it also serves as an introduction to Alan Ayckbourn's theatre.
Sir Alan Ayckbourn is a prolific British playwright and director. As of 2025, he has written and produced 91 full-length plays in Scarborough and London and was, between 1972 and 2009, the artistic director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, where all but four of his plays have received their first performance. More than 40 have subsequently been produced in the West End, at the Royal National Theatre or by the Royal Shakespeare Company since his first hit Relatively Speaking opened at the Duke of York's Theatre in 1967.
