Joking Apart (play)

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Joking Apart
Written byAlan Ayckbourn
CharactersRichard
Anthea
Hugh
Louise
Sven
Olive
Brian
Melody / Mandy / Mo / Debbie
Date premiered11 January 1978
Place premieredStephen Joseph Theatre (Westwood site), Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Original languageEnglish
SubjectA happy couple and those around them
SettingFour parties over twelve years
Official site
Alan Ayckbourn chronology
Ten Times Table
(1977)
Sisterly Feelings
(1979)

Joking Apart is a 1978 play by English playwright Alan Ayckbourn. It was written in response to comments that Ayckbourn only ever wrote about unhappy couples. In this play, Richard and Anthea are a perfectly happy married couple, who inadvertently worsen the lives of those around them.

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