Family Circles: Further Reading

This page contains details of publications & articles relating to Family Circles. The information is for research & the website cannot provide copies of the articles listed.

Published Editions

Family Circles (click here to buy)
Samuel French Ltd, 1997, ISBN 0573017646

Manuscripts (Reference & research)

Original manuscripts for The Story So Far…, Me Times Me Times Me and Me Times Me are held in the Ayckbourn Archive at the Borthwick Insitute for Archives at the University of York. The manuscripts are accessible onsite for research purposes.

Reference Books

Paul Allen: A Pocket Guide to Alan Ayckbourn’s Plays
pp.20-22 (Faber & Faber, 2004, ISBN 0571214924)
Paul Allen: Alan Ayckbourn - Grinning at the Edge*
pp.125-126 (Methuen, 2001, ISBN 0413731200)
Michael Billington: Alan Ayckbourn (2nd Ed)*
pp.41-46 (Palgrave, 1990, ISBN 0333498976)
Albert-Reiner Glaap: Ayckbourn Country (2nd Ed)*
pp.28-30 (Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2004, ISBN 38847636783)
Albert E. Kalson: Laughter In The Dark*
pp.78-80 (Associated Universities Press, 1991, ISBN 0838634796)
Simon Murgatroyd: Unseen Ayckbourn
(Lulu Books, 2023, ISBN 9781447761723)
Malcolm Page: File On Ayckbourn*
pp.22-23 (Methuen, 1989, ISBN 0413420108)
Sidney Howard White: Alan Ayckbourn*
pp.18-19 (Twayne Publishers, 1984, ISBN 080576870X)
* indicates out of print

Reviews (world premiere)

New Comedy Not Up To Writer's Last
Eric Shorter, Daily Telegraph, 21 August 1970
The Story So Far…
Merete Bates, The Guardian, 21 August 1970
Ayckbourn Presents Another Winner
Scarborough Evening News, 21 August 1970
New Ayckbourn Comedy
The Stage, 27 August 1970
Musical Chairs Of Married Life
Yorkshire Post, 21 August 1970

Reviews (London premiere)

Family Circles
Michael Billington, The Guardian, 28 November 1978
Stay Single
Benedict Nightingale, New Statesman, 1 December 1978
Family Circles
Ann Morley-Priestman, The Stage, 7 December 1978

Reviews (Scarborough revival, 1985)

Family Circles
Stella Flint, Daily Telegraph, 10 September 1985
Family Circles
Martin Hoyle, Financial Times, 9 September 1985
Family Circles
Erland Clouston, The Guardian, 7 September 1985
Revived Ayckbourn Explores Marital Strife
Iain Meekley, Scarborough Evening News, 5 September 1985
Family Circles
David Jeffels, The Stage, 10 October 1985

All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd.