Communicating Doors: Archive Images

A collection of archive material, posters, rehearsal and production images pertaining to Alan Ayckbourn's Communicating Doors. The Archive Images page is presented in association with the Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York where the Ayckbourn Archive is held. Click on an image to expand.

Communicating Doors (1994)

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Communicating Doors was not the play Alan Ayckbourn was supposed to write for 1994. Private Fears In Public Places was advertised, but then replaced when Alan couldn't write the intended play. This memo has the brochure copy for the original play and a premonition to the theatre's press officer, it might not go as planned!

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Alan Ayckbourn's own sketch for the design of the pivotal - literally - communicating door for the play's set.

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Alan Ayckbourn's hand-drawn sketch of the in-the-round set for the world premiere of Communicating Doors at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in the Round, Scarborough, during 1994.

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A clearer sketch by the playwright from 1994 showing the basic layout of the set for the world premiere of Communicating Doors.

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A photo - not of great quality - of the model box for the in-the-round set for the world premiere of Communicating Doors during 1994. The model box and set were designed by Roger Glossop.

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Alan Ayckbourn's hand-drawn sketch for the stage design for either a proscenium arch tour of Communicating Doors from the Stephen Joseph Theatre in the Round or the West End premiere of the play, both in 1995.

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A rare surviving prop from the world premiere of Communicating Doors being the fire escape for the plan for the Regal Hotel on display in the hotel room.

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The poster for the world premiere of Communicating Doors at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in the Round, Scarborough, in 1992. Unknown to the theatre, the design company copied the portrait images from a then little known comic book series called V For Vendetta - which has subsequently became rather more famous.

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Ken Bones as Julian & Adie Allen as Poopay in the West End premiere of Communicating Doors at the Gielgud Theatre in 1995.

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The Playbill cover for the New York premiere of Communicating Doors at the Variety Arts Theatre in 1989.

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The poster for Alan Ayckbourn's 2010 revival of Communicating Doors at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough.

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Liza Goddard as Ruella & Laura Doddington as Poopay in Alan Ayckbourn's 2010 revival of Communicating Doors at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough.

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