Seasons Greetings, Alan Ayckbourn
Seasons Greetings, Alan Ayckbourn
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Season's Greetings

Author: Alan Ayckbourn

Narrator: Bill Nighy, Frances Barber, Full Cast, Geoffrey Palmer, John Sessions, Phil Daniels

Unabridged: 1 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/01/2011

Categories: Fiction, Family Life


Synopsis

Christmas is the season of good cheer and harmony among men, but things are not working out quite that way in the Bunker household. As a motley collection of friends and relatives fill the house with their own wishes, dreams and attitudes, the stage is set for seasonal disharmony and romantic intrigue. It’s Christmas Eve and while Belinda is rushing around decorating the tree and seeing to all the guests and their needs, Eddie and Pattie are having a serious bust-up. Added to all of this, Bernard is conducting a chaotic rehearsal of his annual gift for the children - a puppet show of The Three Little Pigs - as his wife, Phyllis gets quietly sloshed in the kitchen on the cooking wine. Then something disastrous occurs...

Reviews

Goodreads review by WandaGioia on September 13, 2023

A bunch of men who don’t give a shit about their wives......more

Goodreads review by Anthony on January 21, 2020

Not, in spite of its title, a play to be performed at Christmas. I think this must rate as one of Ayckbourn’s bleaker comedies. Just reviewing the characters will suggest how bleak. The play is set on Christmas Eve, Boxing Day and the morning of December 27th in Neville’s house. Neville is a retailer......more

Goodreads review by Anton on December 16, 2023

Een klassieke Ayckbourn, d.w.z. een door Tsjechov geïnspireerde droge hekeling van het egocentrisme van de mens, zijn talent om zijn medemens ongelukkig te maken, tegen de achtergrond van Kerstmis, het feest van vrede op aarde. Het fileermes is ongenadig, enkel slaagt Ayckbourn er hier net iets minde......more

Goodreads review by Janine on February 06, 2016

Excelent......more

Goodreads review by Jacqueline on August 20, 2022

A firm Christmas favourite. Clever, funny and classic.......more