Alan Ayckbourn as Director

Prolific author Tanika Gupta talks about stagecraft, highlighting the importance of voice and comic idiom in her writing.

Transcript -- Prolific author Tanika Gupta talks about stagecraft, highlighting the importance of voice and comic idiom in her writing.

Playwright Helen Blakeman sees setting as integral to a play’s success and highlights the supporting importance of factors such as structure and voice.

Transcript -- Playwright Helen Blakeman sees setting as integral to a play’s success and highlights the supporting importance of factors such as structure and voice.

Playwriting master Alan Ayckbourn reveals how he develops and connects ideas for his plays, and the meticulous process of structuring and ‘building’ a script.

Transcript -- Playwriting master Alan Ayckbourn reveals how he develops and connects ideas for his plays, and the meticulous process of structuring and ‘building’ a script.

Ayckbourn's approach to redrafting and rewriting scripts, and how dramatic ideas and twists emerge.

Transcript -- Ayckbourn's approach to redrafting and rewriting scripts, and how dramatic ideas and twists emerge.

Alan Ayckbourn's work as a director, and how this informs his writing. The economy of playwriting, and the writer’s awareness of the limitations of the stage.

Transcript -- Alan Ayckbourn's work as a director, and how this informs his writing. The economy of playwriting, and the writer’s awareness of the limitations of the stage.