Joking Apart: Archive Images

A collection of archive material, posters, rehearsal and production images pertaining to Alan Ayckbourn's Joking Apart. 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.

Joking Apart (1978)

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Alan Ayckbourn's earliest notes for Joking Apart suggest a 'three act study of seven characters over x years' alongside a diagram of unspecified relationships. The actual play is four scenes with 11 characters over 12 years.

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More early notes by Alan Ayckbourn for Joking Apart showing the 4 scene structure of the play over 12 years - emphasising the play begins in the past and moves to the present - alongside the ages for each of the characters in each scene.

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The poster for the world premiere of Joking Apart at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in the Round in 1978.

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A scene from the world premiere of Joking Apart at the Stephen Joseph in the Round in 1978.

Photographer: Alec Russell
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A flyer for the West End premiere of Joking Apart at the Globe Theatre in 1979.

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Alison Steadman, Robert Austen & Marcia Warren in the West End premiere of Joking Apart in 1979.

Photographer: John Haynes (© John Haynes)
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A scene from Alan Ayckbourn's 2002 revival of Joking Apart at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough.

Photographer: Tony Bartholomew (© Tony Bartholomew)
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Frances Marshall as Anthea & Laurence Pears as Richard in Alan Ayckbourn's 2018 revival of Joking Apart at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough.

Photographer: Tony Bartholomew (© Tony Bartholomew)
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The Archive Images pages are presented in association with the Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York, where the Ayckbourn Archive is held.

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