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Plays by Alan Ayckbourn have been attracting larger audiences in the regional theatres than those of Shakespeare.

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Few women care to be laughed at and men not at all, except for large sums of money.
ALAN AYCKBOURN

Care End Except Large Laugh Men Money Sum Women
Custard pie humour is fairly universal, but at the other end, which I’m more interested in, there’s the humour that hovers on the darkness, that walks in the shadow of something else, not always that obvious.
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Always Custard Darkness Else End Fairly Humor Humour Interest More Obvious Pie Shadow Something Universal Walk
If you are flattering a woman, it pays to be a little more subtle.
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Flatter Little More Pay Subtle Woman
What I find interesting is how close you can run the laughter along the seam of seriousness, and occasionally cross it, so that half the house genuinely doesn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
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Along Close Cross Find Interest Laughter Occasional Seam Seriousness
So as not to disturb me in my little nook behind the biography shelves.
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Behind Biography Disturb Little Nook Shelve
He really is terribly heavy going. Like running up hill in roller skates.
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Go heavy Hill Like Roller Run Skate Terrible
Whatever devices you use should always be there to serve the theme. If the theme has been overtaken by the device, then something’s wrong.
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Always Device Overtaken Serve Something Theme Wong
Salad, I can’t bear salad. It grows while you’re eating it, you know.
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Bear Eat Grow Salad
There is a school of thought that believes that sleep is for the night. You appear to be out to disprove them.
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Appeal Believe Disprove Night Out School Sleep Through
A comedy is just a tragedy interrupted, I once said. Do you finish with the kiss or when she opens her eyes to tell him she loves him and sees blonde hairs on his collar?
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Blonde Colar Comedy Eye Finish Hair Interrupt Kiss Love Open Tell Tragedy
Cats names are more for human benefit. They give one a certain degree more confidence that the animal belongs to you.
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Animal Belong Benefit Cat Certain Confidence Degree Give Human More Name One
You don’t have to bother with men, they believe any compliment automatically.
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Any Automatic Believe Bother Compliment Men
Plays by Alan Ayckbourn have been attracting larger audiences in the regional theatres than those of Shakespeare.
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Attract Audience Larger People Play Regional Theatre
There are very few people on top of life, and the rest of us don’t like them very much.
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Few Life Like Much People Rest Top Very
As a writer one is allowed to have conversations with oneself.
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Allow Conversation One Oneself Writer
I think of a plot, I think of an idea, and then I wonder, How can I get that onto the stage?.
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Get Idea Plot Stage Think Wonder

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