Communicating Doors

Communicating Doors
Original languageEnglish
Written byAlan Ayckbourn
CharactersPoopay
Julian
Reece
Ruella
Harold
Jessica
SubjectTime travel, changing history
GenreComedy/Thriller
SettingA hotel suite, in 1974, 1994 and 2014
Premiere
Date2 February 1994
PlaceStephen Joseph Theatre (Westwood), Scarborough
Official website
Ayckbourn chronology

Communicating Doors is a play written in 1994 by Alan Ayckbourn. The setting is a hotel suite that moves through time from 1974 to 2014. The central character, Poopay, must save herself from the murderous Julian by preventing the murders of Reece's two wives.

Cast and characters

Characters

Character Stephen Joseph Theatre (Original Production)
(1992)
Gielgud Theatre
(1995)
Savoy Theatre
(1996)
Variety Arts Theatre (off-Broadway)
(1998)
Menier Chocolate Factory
(2015)
Poopay/Phoebe Adie Allen Jane Slavin Mary-Louise Parker Rachel Tucker
Julian Richard Durden Ken Bones Gerrit Graham David Bamber
Reece John Hudson Laurence Kennedy Tom Backett Robert Portal
Ruella Liz Crowther Julia McKenzie Angela Thorne Patricia Hodges Imogen Stubbs
Harold Nick Stringer John Arthur David McCallum Matthew Cottle
Jessica Sarah Markland Eleanor Tremain Candy Buckley Lucy Briggs-Owen

References

  1. โ†‘ "Communicating Doors by Alan Ayckbourn". the complete review. the complete review. Retrieved 23 June 2012.