by Alan Ayckbourn · Methuen Drama · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780413532701
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«Confusions» is a collection of five one-act plays by playwright Alan Ayckbourn, published by Methuen Drama in paperback (96 pages, in English).
Confusions brings together five one-act pieces: a mother trapped in baby talk, an absent husband who seduces unsuccessfully, an awkward dinner, a party that gets out of hand, and a chat in a park. Alan Ayckbourn alternates naturalism, stylization and farce to show loneliness, couple conflicts and the difficulty of communicating.
The edition belongs to Methuen Drama's Student Editions series and includes commentary and notes by Russell Whiteley.
Aimed at students of theatre and literature, and readers interested in contemporary British 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.
