Season's Greetings: Further Reading

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Published Editions

Season's Greetings (Click here to buy)
Samuel French Ltd, 1981, ISBN 0573114013
Season's Greetings
Faber, 2010, ISBN 978-0571273478
Season's Greetings (German edition)
Schaussoielhaus Bochum, 1987

Reference Books

Paul Allen: A Pocket Guide to Alan Ayckbourn’s Plays
pp.69-73 (Faber & Faber, 2004, ISBN 0571214924)
Paul Allen: Alan Ayckbourn - Grinning at the Edge*
pp.187-188, 195-196 (Methuen, 2001, ISBN 0413731200)
Michael Billington: Alan Ayckbourn (2nd Ed)*
pp.151-156 (Palgrave, 1990, ISBN 0333498976)
Albert-Reiner Glaap: Ayckbourn Country (2nd Ed)*
pp.86-87 (Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2004, ISBN 3884766783)
Michael Holt: Alan Ayckbourn*
pp.25, 46 (Northcote House, 1999, ISBN 0746308590)
Simon Murgatroyd: Unseen Ayckbourn
(Lulu Books, 2023, ISBN 9781447761723)
Ian Watson: Conversations With Ayckbourn*
pp.100, 123-125 (Faber and Faber, 1988, ISBN 0571151922)
Sidney Howard White: Alan Ayckbourn*
pp.127-130 (Twayne Publishers, 1984, ISBN 080576870X)
* indicates out of print

Articles

The First Reading
Scarborough Evening News, 5 September 1980
Genius At Work
Lynne Curry, Scarborough Evening News, 25 September 1980

Reviews (world premiere)

Season's Greetings
Robin Thornber, The Guardian, 27 September 1980
Masterful Changes Of Mood
Iain Meekley, Scarborough Evening News, 26 September 1980
Season's Greetings
David Jeffels, The Stage, 9 October 2009
Crisp And Witty New Play
David Jeffels, Yorkshire Evening Press, 27 September 1980
Things Are Not What They Seem
Yorkshire Gazette, 6 November 1980
Season's Greetings
Desmond Pratt, Yorkshire Post, 26 September 1980

Reviews (London premiere - Greenwich Theatre / Apollo Theatre transfer)

Season's Greetings
Country Life, 18 February 1982
A Family Hell On Earth
Jack Tinker, Daily Mail, 5 February 1982
Deft, Deadly Ayckbourn
John Barber, Daily Telegraph, 29 January 1982
Heartache Under The Christmas Tree
Charles Spencer, Evening Standard, 1 February 1982
Season's Greetings
Michael Coveney, Financial Times, 29 January 1982
New Plays
J.C. Trewin, The Lady, 18 February 1982
Season's Greetings
The Observer, 7 February 1982
Season's Greetings
Charles Spencer, Plays And Players, May 1982
Ayckbourn Disguised Pessimist
Peter Hepple, The Stage, 4 February 1982
Knowing When To Stop
Sunday Telegraph, 2 April 1982
Season's Greetings
Irving Wardle, The Times, 29 January 1982

Reviews (London revival - National Theatre 2010)

Season's Greetings
Sam Marlowe, The Arts Desk (online), 10 December 2010
Season's Greetings
Gary Naylor, broadwayworld.com, 14 January 2011
Season's Greetings
Mark Shenton, Daily Express, 13 December 2010
Season's Greetings
Quentin Letts, Daily Mail, 9 December 2010
Catherine Tate Unwraps Fine Farce For Season's Greetings
Fiona Mountford, Evening Standard, 9 December 2010
Season's Greetings
Ian Shuttleworth, Financial Times, 13 December 2010
Season's Greetings
Michael Billington, The Guardian, 9 December 2010
Season's Greetings
Michael Coveney, The Independent, 9 December 2010
Season's Greetings
Kate Bassett, Independent On Sunday, 12 December 2010
Season's Greetings
Franco Milazzo, The Londonist, 22 December 2010
Season's Greetings
Peter Brown, London Theatre Guide (online), 9 December 2010
Season's Greetings
Robert Tanitch, Morning Star, 13 December 2010
A Tragedian Despite Himself?
Gina Allum, New Statesman, 15 January 2011
Derek Jacobi's Close-Up 'King Lear'
Matt Wolf, New York Times, 14 December 2010
Season's Greetings
Susannah Clapp, The Observer, 12 December 2010
Season's Greetings
John Thaxter, The Stage (online), 9 December 2010
Season's Greetings
Sunday Times, 19 December 2010
At Each Other's Throats
Clive Hirschhorn, Theatre News Online, 13 December 2010
Season's Greetings
Libby Purves, The Times, 10 December 2010
Season's Greetings
David Benedict, Variety, 9 December 2010
Comic Christmas Crackers
Paul Levy, Wall Street Journal, 24 December 2010
Season's Greetings
Michael Coveney, whatsonstage.com, 9 December 2010

Reviews (Revival - Stephen Joseph Theatre 2019)

Season's Greetings
Wendy Pratt, Northern Soul, 1 August 2019
Laugh-Aloud Ridiculousness
Clare Brennan, The Observer, 1 September 2019
Season's Greetings
Eve Luddington, On Yorkshire, 2 August 2019
Welcome Revival
Charles Hutchinson, The Press, 4 August 2019
Season's Greetings
Rom Simpson, Reviews Hub, 3 August 2019
Glorious Gift
Sue Wilkinson, The Scarborough News, 8 August 2019
Summer Season's Greetings
Andrew Liddle, Yorkshire Times, 2 August 2019

All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd.