Communicating Doors: Interviews with Alan Ayckbourn

This is an edited transcript of an extensive interview between Alan Ayckbourn and Simon Murgatroyd - later the playwright's Archivist - concerning the playwright's views on the fantastic in relation to his plays. It was conducted as part of the research method for a Masters' dissertation on Alan Ayckbourn. It took place during the rehearsal period for the play Whenever, at the playwright's home on 12 September 2000. For other interviews about the play with Alan Ayckbourn, click on the relevant link in the right hand column below.

Virtual Realities: Fantasy in the Work of Alan Ayckbourn