ALAN AYCKBOURN (Playwright) is the author of more than 60 plays, most of which premiered at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, England, where he is the long-serving artistic director. His plays have been translated into 40 languages and performed throughout the world. Plays include Comic Potential, Communicating Doors, Relatively Speaking, How the Other Half Loves, House and Garden, The Norman Conquests, Bedroom Farce, Woman in Mind, A Small Family Business, and with Andrew Lloyd Webber, the musical By Jeeves. He has also written several children’s plays. His work has been presented in the West End, at the National Theatre and the RSC. In 1997, Sir Alan was knighted for his services to the theatre.