Family Circles: Research Resources
This page lists the significant archive holdings in relation to Alan Ayckbourn's Family Circles. The bulk of the material is held in the Ayckbourn Archive at The Borthwick Institute for Archives at The University of York. The Borthwick's relevant holdings can be found in the catalogue below with details of other archives listed beneath this.Archival Note: The original 1970 production was presented under the title The Story So Far…, further to this the tours of 1971 were presented as Me Times Me Times Me / Me Times Me and 1972 as Me Times Me. Archival resources specifically for these productions may reference these titles rather than Family Circles.
If the catalogue content does not appear in the frame, the actual online catalogue can be visited here.
Other Archives
The British Library: Top copy clean manuscript for world premiere of The Story So Far… at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough (1970) and revised Family Circles (1985) held in The Modern Playscripts Collection; correspondence in the 'Archive of Margaret Ramsay Ltd (reference: Add MS 88915/1/12/18).Scarborough Library (The Library Theatre / Stephen Joseph Collection): Programme for world premiere (1970) and brochure for Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre 1970 summer season; accounts for 1970 summer season for Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre.
Victoria & Albert: The Peter Bridge Productions Archive is held by the museum and, potentially, there is material relating to the world (1970) and proposed West End (1971) premieres of Family Circles. As the collection is currently uncatalogued, this is to be confirmed.
The Research page is presented in association with the Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York, where the Ayckbourn Archive is held. Further details about other collections and researching Alan Ayckbourn can be found in the Research section of the website.
If you have any research enquiries regarding Family Circles, please contact Alan Ayckbourn's archivist Simon Murgatroyd at research@alanayckbourn.net.
If you have any research enquiries regarding Family Circles, please contact Alan Ayckbourn's archivist Simon Murgatroyd at research@alanayckbourn.net.
