Life of Riley (play)
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Written byAlan Ayckbourn
CharactersKathryn
Colin
Simeon
Tamsin
Jack
Monica
Colin
Simeon
Tamsin
Jack
Monica
Date premiered21 September 2010
Place premieredStephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
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| Written by | Alan Ayckbourn | ||
| Characters | Kathryn Colin Simeon Tamsin Jack Monica | ||
| Date premiered | 21 September 2010 | ||
| Place premiered | Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough | ||
| Original language | English | ||
| Subject | Terminal illness, relationships | ||
| Genre | Comedy | ||
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Life of Riley is a 2010 play by Alan Ayckbourn. It was first performed at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough.[1]
It is set over a period over the seven months that a man called George Riley is diagnosed with a terminal illness, although George Riley does not appear in the play himself and is only ever referred to by the six onstage characters.
This play is the only Ayckbourn play to directly reference another Ayckbourn play (Relatively Speaking) within the story.[2]
Characters
- George Riley (unseen)
- Colin
- Kathryn
- Jack
- Tamsin
- Monica - Riley's ex-wife
- Simeon
- Small boy (unseen)
- Teenage daughter (unseen)
- Basil Bender (unseen) [3]
