Season's Greetings: Archive Images
A collection of archive material, posters, rehearsal and production images pertaining to Alan Ayckbourn's Season's Greetings. 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.Season's Greetings (1980)
The Ayckbourn Archive at the Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York holds a selection of handwritten notes by Alan Ayckbourn for Season's Greetings. Here we see character notes for Uncle Harvey and his wife, Shirley, who - although unseen in the play - was heard in the original production of the play before the playwright removed her character completely.
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Alan Ayckbourn's original hand-drawn sketch for the layout of the set for Season's Greetings taken from notes held in the Ayckbourn Archive at the Borthwick Institute for Archives. Despite being his first sketch, it is practically the same as the final plan.
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At the time of its production, Season's Greetings was considered Alan Ayckbourn's 25th full-length play (it's now considered his 26th play) and - to mark this - the programmes were coloured with a silver ink. This would have been a great expense at the time given the printing processes available pre-digital.
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Season's Greetings opened in the West End in 1982 having transferred from the Greenwich Theatre. It was an acclaimed production with Bernard Hepton playing Uncle Harvey.
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In 1986, Season's Greetings was adapted for television by the BBC to great acclaim. This is a publicity photograph of the cast of the production which the playwright himself considers the best TV adaptation of his work.
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Bill Champion as Uncle Harvey & Leigh Symonds as Uncle Bernard in Alan Ayckbourn's 2019 revival of Season's Greetings at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough.
Photographer: Tony Bartholomew (© Tony Bartholomew)
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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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