Suburban Strains
1980 musical by Alan Ayckbourn
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| Written by | Alan Ayckbourn | ||
| Characters | Caroline Kevin Matthew Various supporting roles | ||
| Date premiered | 18 January 1980 | ||
| Place premiered | Stephen Joseph Theatre (Westwood site), Scarborough | ||
| Original language | English | ||
| Subject | Unsatisfactory relationships | ||
| Setting | Various locations over a summer three years ago and winter today | ||
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Suburban Strains is a 1980 musical by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn with music by Paul Todd. This was the first attempt Ayckbourn made at a musical since the ill-fated Jeeves! in 1975. It is about a teacher, Caroline, whose marriage to actor Kevin breaks down, only to find her new partner, doctor Matthew, even worse due to his control freakery, before making up with Kevin again.
References
- Suburban Stains on official Ayckbourn site
- Allen, Paul (2004) A Pocket Guide to Alan Ayckbourn Plays Faber & Faber ISBN 0-571-21492-4
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The plays of Alan Ayckbourn
- The Square Cat
- Love After All
- Dad's Tale
- Standing Room Only
- Christmas v Mastermind
- Mr Whatnot
- Relatively Speaking
- The Sparrow
- How the Other Half Loves
- Family Circles
- Time and Time Again
- Absurd Person Singular
- The Norman Conquests: Table Manners, Living Together, Round and Round the Garden
- Absent Friends
- Confusions
- Jeeves (musical)
- Bedroom Farce
- Just Between Ourselves
- Ten Times Table
- Joking Apart
- Sisterly Feelings
- Taking Steps
- Suburban Strains
- Season's Greetings
- Way Upstream
- Making Tracks
- Intimate Exchanges
- It Could Be Any One Of Us
- A Chorus of Disapproval
- Woman in Mind
- A Small Family Business
- Henceforward...
- Man of the Moment
- Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays
- The Revengers' Comedies
- Invisible Friends
- Body Language
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- Callisto 5
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- My Very Own Story
- Time of My Life
- Dreams from a Summer House
- Communicating Doors
- Haunting Julia
- The Musical Jigsaw Play
- A Word from Our Sponsor
- The Champion of Paribanou
- Things We Do for Love
- Comic Potential
- The Boy Who Fell Into a Book
- House and Garden: House, Garden
- Virtual Reality
- Whenever
- Damsels in Distress: GamePlan, FlatSpin, RolePlay
- Snake in the Grass
- The Jollies
- Sugar Daddies
- Orvin – Champion Of Champions
- My Sister Sadie
- Drowning on Dry Land
- Private Fears in Public Places
- Miss Yesterday
- Improbable Fiction
- If I Were You
- Things That Go Bump: Life and Beth
- Awaking Beauty
- My Wonderful Day
- Life of Riley
- Neighbourhood Watch
- Countdown (from Mixed Doubles)
- Confusions: Mother Figure, Drinking Companion, Between Mouthfuls, Gosforth's Fete, A Talk in the Park
- A Cut in the Rates
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