Communicating Doors

Written by

Alan Ayckbourn

Characters

Poopay
Julian
Reece
Ruella
Harold
Jessica

Date premiered

2 February 1994^[1]

Place premiered

Stephen Joseph Theatre (Westwood), Scarborough

Original language

English

Subject

Time travel, changing history

Genre

Comedy/Thriller

Setting

A hotel suite, in 1974, 1994 and 2014

Official site

Ayckbourn chronology

Dreams From A Summer House
(1992)

Haunting Julia
(1994)

Communicating Doors is a play written in 1994 by Alan Ayckbourn. The setting is a hotel suite that moves through time from 1974 to 2014. The central character, Ruella, must save herself from the murderous Julian by preventing the murders of Reece's two wives.

Julia McKenzie took the role of Ruella for the UK tour and run at The Gielgud Theatre, which Angela Thorne subsequently took on when the show transferred to The Savoy Theatre.

References

↑ "Communicating Doors by Alan Ayckbourn". the complete review. the complete review. Retrieved 23 June 2012.

External links

Communicating Doors on official Ayckbourn site

The plays of Alan Ayckbourn

Plays	The Square Cat Love After All Dad's Tale Standing Room Only Christmas v Mastermind Mr Whatnot Relatively Speaking The Sparrow How the Other Half Loves Family Circles Time and Time Again Absurd Person Singular The Norman Conquests: Table Manners, Living Together, Round and Round the Garden Absent Friends Confusions Jeeves (musical) Bedroom Farce Just Between Ourselves Ten Times Table Joking Apart Sisterly Feelings Taking Steps Suburban Strains Season's Greetings Way Upstream Making Tracks Intimate Exchanges It Could Be Any One Of Us A Chorus of Disapproval Woman in Mind A Small Family Business Henceforward... Man of the Moment Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays The Revengers' Comedies Invisible Friends Body Language This Is Where We Came In Callisto 5 Wildest Dreams My Very Own Story Time of My Life Dreams from a Summer House Communicating Doors Haunting Julia The Musical Jigsaw Play A Word from Our Sponsor The Champion of Paribanou Things We Do for Love Comic Potential The Boy Who Fell Into a Book House and Garden: House, Garden Virtual Reality Whenever Damsels in Distress: GamePlan, FlatSpin, RolePlay Snake in the Grass The Jollies Sugar Daddies Orvin – Champion Of Champions My Sister Sadie Drowning on Dry Land Private Fears in Public Places Miss Yesterday Improbable Fiction If I Were You Things That Go Bump: Life and Beth Awaking Beauty My Wonderful Day Life of Riley Neighbourhood Watch

One-act plays	Countdown (from Mixed Doubles) Confusions: Mother Figure, Drinking Companion, Between Mouthfuls, Gosforth’s Fete, A Talk in the Park A Cut in the Rates

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