Alan Ayckbourn: Other Editions
Whilst the vast majority of Alan Ayckbourn's plays are currently in print and published by Samuel French (click here), there have been other publishers and publications of Alan Ayckbourn's plays. This page lists other, generally out-of-print, editions of his plays and collections.○ Absent Friends
Longman, 1996, ISBN 0582302420
○ Absent Friends (Japanese edition)
Hokuseido Press, Details TBC
○ Absurd Person Singular (North American edition)
Samuel French Inc., 1974, ISBN 0573605610
○ Absurd Person Singular (German edition)
Hirschgraben, 1981, ISBN 3454665701
○ Absurd Person Singular
Longman, 1989, ISBN 058201638X
○ Absurd Person Singular
Longman, 1991, ISBN 0582060206
○ Bedroom Farce (North American edition - Hardcover)
Grove Press, 1977, ISBN TBC
○ Bedroom Farce (North American edition)
Samuel French Inc, 1977, ISBN 9780573605697
○ Bedroom Farce (Japanese edition)
1987, Details TBC
○ A Chorus Of Disapproval
Faber, 1986, ISBN 0571139175
○ A Chorus Of Disapproval (Hebrew edition)
Details TBC
○ Comic Potential
Faber, 2000, ISBN 0571197876
○ Comic Potential (German edition)
Klett, 2001, ISBN 3125796105
○ Comic Potential (North American edition)
Samuel French Inc, 2002, ISBN 0573627975
○ Comic Potential (Polish edition)
2011, Details TBC
○ Communicating Doors
Faber, 1995, ISBN 0571176828
○ Communicating Doors (French edition)
L'avant-scène Theatre, 1996
○ Communicating Doors (North American edition)
Samuel French Inc, 1999, ISBN 0573626847
○ Confusions (German edition)
Klett, 1982, ISBN 9783125795303
○ Confusions - Model Interpretations (German edition)
Klett, 1982, ISBN 9783125795020
○ Confusions
Methuen, 1983, ISBN 0413532704
○ Confusions / Pum Picil (Welsh edition)
CAA Cymru, 1989, ISBN 9780947694937
○ Confusions
Methuen, 1994, ISBN 0413532704
○ Confusions
Methuen, 2007, ISBN 9780713685510
○ Confusions (German edition)
Klett, 2009, ISBN 9783125795013
○ Confusions - Model Interpretations (German edition)
Klett, 2009, ISBN 9783125795020
○ Confusions
Bloomsbury, 2015, ISBN 9781474270847
○ Ernie's Incredible Illucinations - Playbill One (Hardback)
Hutchinson Educational, 1969, ISBN 0091054001
○ Ernie's Incredible Illucinations - Playbill One
Hutchinson Educational, 1969, ISBN 09098840x
○ Ernie's Incredible Illucinations
Listening & Writing magazine, BBC Radio, Spring 1974
○ Ernie's Incredible Illucinations - Home Truths
Longman, 1983, ISBN 05822000032
○ Ernie's Incredible Illucinations - Home Truths
Stanley Thornes, 1991, ISBN 0748711686
○ Gizmo - New Connections 1999
Faber, 1999, ISBN 0571201962
○ Gizmo
Faber, 2001, ISBN 057120693X
○ Henceforward...
Faber, 1988, ISBN 057115185X
○ How The Other Half Loves (North American edition)
Samuel French Inc, 1971, ISBN 9780573610332
○ How The Other Half Loves
Evans Plays, 1972, ISBN 0237749602
○ How The Other Half Loves (French edition)
L'avant-scene theatre, 2004, ISBN 2900130867
○ Invisible Friends (Netherlands edition)
1991, ISBN 0571144764
○ Just Between Ourselves (French edition)
L'avant-scène Theatre, 1989
○ Living Together (North American edition)
Samuel French Inc, 1975, ISBN 9780573611919
○ Living Together (Japanese edition)
Hokuseido Press, Details TBC
○ Man Of The Moment (Spanish edition - Hardcover)
Arango, 1989, ISBN 9582706007
○ Man Of The Moment
Faber, 1990, ISBN 057115471
○ Man Of The Moment (German edition)
Diesterweg, 1998, ISBN 3425040324
○ Man Of The Moment (Japanese edition)
Details TBC
○ Man Of The Moment (Netherlands edition)
Details TBC
○ Me, Myself & I (North American edition)
Samuel French Inc, 1989, ISBN 05736811988
○ Mr A’s Amazing Maze Plays
Faber, 1989, ISBN 0571141609
○ The Norman Conquests
Chatto & Windus, 1975, ISBN 701121033
○ The Norman Conquests (North American edition)
Grove Press, 1975, ISBN 0394170822
○ The Norman Conquests
Penguin, 1977, ISBN 0140481427
○ The Norman Conquests
Penguin, 1980, ISBN 0140481427
○ The Norman Conquests (North American edition)
Grove Press, 1994, ISBN 9780802131348
○ Relatively Speaking
Evans Plays, 1968, ISBN 0237494833
○ Relatively Speaking (North American edition)
Samuel French Inc, 1968, ISBN 0573615020
Longman, 1996, ISBN 0582302420
○ Absent Friends (Japanese edition)
Hokuseido Press, Details TBC
○ Absurd Person Singular (North American edition)
Samuel French Inc., 1974, ISBN 0573605610
○ Absurd Person Singular (German edition)
Hirschgraben, 1981, ISBN 3454665701
○ Absurd Person Singular
Longman, 1989, ISBN 058201638X
○ Absurd Person Singular
Longman, 1991, ISBN 0582060206
○ Bedroom Farce (North American edition - Hardcover)
Grove Press, 1977, ISBN TBC
○ Bedroom Farce (North American edition)
Samuel French Inc, 1977, ISBN 9780573605697
○ Bedroom Farce (Japanese edition)
1987, Details TBC
○ A Chorus Of Disapproval
Faber, 1986, ISBN 0571139175
○ A Chorus Of Disapproval (Hebrew edition)
Details TBC
○ Comic Potential
Faber, 2000, ISBN 0571197876
○ Comic Potential (German edition)
Klett, 2001, ISBN 3125796105
○ Comic Potential (North American edition)
Samuel French Inc, 2002, ISBN 0573627975
○ Comic Potential (Polish edition)
2011, Details TBC
○ Communicating Doors
Faber, 1995, ISBN 0571176828
○ Communicating Doors (French edition)
L'avant-scène Theatre, 1996
○ Communicating Doors (North American edition)
Samuel French Inc, 1999, ISBN 0573626847
○ Confusions (German edition)
Klett, 1982, ISBN 9783125795303
○ Confusions - Model Interpretations (German edition)
Klett, 1982, ISBN 9783125795020
○ Confusions
Methuen, 1983, ISBN 0413532704
○ Confusions / Pum Picil (Welsh edition)
CAA Cymru, 1989, ISBN 9780947694937
○ Confusions
Methuen, 1994, ISBN 0413532704
○ Confusions
Methuen, 2007, ISBN 9780713685510
○ Confusions (German edition)
Klett, 2009, ISBN 9783125795013
○ Confusions - Model Interpretations (German edition)
Klett, 2009, ISBN 9783125795020
○ Confusions
Bloomsbury, 2015, ISBN 9781474270847
○ Ernie's Incredible Illucinations - Playbill One (Hardback)
Hutchinson Educational, 1969, ISBN 0091054001
○ Ernie's Incredible Illucinations - Playbill One
Hutchinson Educational, 1969, ISBN 09098840x
○ Ernie's Incredible Illucinations
Listening & Writing magazine, BBC Radio, Spring 1974
○ Ernie's Incredible Illucinations - Home Truths
Longman, 1983, ISBN 05822000032
○ Ernie's Incredible Illucinations - Home Truths
Stanley Thornes, 1991, ISBN 0748711686
○ Gizmo - New Connections 1999
Faber, 1999, ISBN 0571201962
○ Gizmo
Faber, 2001, ISBN 057120693X
○ Henceforward...
Faber, 1988, ISBN 057115185X
○ How The Other Half Loves (North American edition)
Samuel French Inc, 1971, ISBN 9780573610332
○ How The Other Half Loves
Evans Plays, 1972, ISBN 0237749602
○ How The Other Half Loves (French edition)
L'avant-scene theatre, 2004, ISBN 2900130867
○ Invisible Friends (Netherlands edition)
1991, ISBN 0571144764
○ Just Between Ourselves (French edition)
L'avant-scène Theatre, 1989
○ Living Together (North American edition)
Samuel French Inc, 1975, ISBN 9780573611919
○ Living Together (Japanese edition)
Hokuseido Press, Details TBC
○ Man Of The Moment (Spanish edition - Hardcover)
Arango, 1989, ISBN 9582706007
○ Man Of The Moment
Faber, 1990, ISBN 057115471
○ Man Of The Moment (German edition)
Diesterweg, 1998, ISBN 3425040324
○ Man Of The Moment (Japanese edition)
Details TBC
○ Man Of The Moment (Netherlands edition)
Details TBC
○ Me, Myself & I (North American edition)
Samuel French Inc, 1989, ISBN 05736811988
○ Mr A’s Amazing Maze Plays
Faber, 1989, ISBN 0571141609
○ The Norman Conquests
Chatto & Windus, 1975, ISBN 701121033
○ The Norman Conquests (North American edition)
Grove Press, 1975, ISBN 0394170822
○ The Norman Conquests
Penguin, 1977, ISBN 0140481427
○ The Norman Conquests
Penguin, 1980, ISBN 0140481427
○ The Norman Conquests (North American edition)
Grove Press, 1994, ISBN 9780802131348
○ Relatively Speaking
Evans Plays, 1968, ISBN 0237494833
○ Relatively Speaking (North American edition)
Samuel French Inc, 1968, ISBN 0573615020
○ The Revengers’ Comedies
Faber, 1991, ISBN 057114358X
○ Round and Round the Garden (North American edition)
Samuel French Inc, 1975, ISBN 97800573615016
○ Round and Round the Garden (Japanese edition)
Hokuseido Press, Details TBC
○ Season's Greetings
Faber, 2010, ISBN 9780571273478
○ Season's Greetings (German edition)
Schaussoielhaus Bochum, 1987
○ Sisterly Feelings
Longman, 1989, ISBN 0582016398
○ A Small Family Business
Faber, 1987, ISBN 9780571149704
○ A Small Family Business
Faber, 2014, ISBN 9780571315703
○ A Small Family Business
Faber, 2024, ISBN 9780571315703
○ A Small Family Business (Hardcover - North American edition)
Samuel French Inc, 1989, ISBN 0571149707
○ A Small Family Business (North American edition)
Samuel French Inc, 1992, ISBN 9780573693779
○ A Small Family Business (Chinese edition)
W&W Theatre Company, 2022
○ A Small Family Business (Netherlands edition)
Details TBC
○ Table Manners (North American edition)
Samuel French Inc, 1975, ISBN 9780573617157
○ Table Manners (Japanese edition)
Hokuseido Press, Details TBC
○ Taking Steps (North American edition)
Samuel French Inc, 1991, 9780573692840
○ Things We Do For Love
Faber, 1998, ISBN 0571194451
○ Things We Do For Love (Croatian edition)
2002, ISBN 9539808553
○ Things We Do For Love (French edition)
L'avant-scène Theatre, 2003, ISBN 9782900130537
○ Time And Time Again (North American edition)
Samuel French Inc, 1973, ISBN 0573014574
○ Time Of My Life
Faber, 1993, ISBN 0571169902
○ Time Of My Life (Frisian edition)
St.U.F.T., 1993, ISBN TBC
○ Time Of My Life (French edition)
L'avant-scène Theatre, 1998, ISBN 9782900130537
○ Way Upstream (German edition)
Klett, 1997, ISB 3125796008
○ Way Upstream (Netherlands edition)
Details TBC
○ Wildest Dreams
Faber, 1993, ISBN 0571173047
○ Woman In Mind
Faber, 1986, ISBN 057114520
○ Woman In Mind (North American edition)
Samuel French Inc, 1987, ISBN 9780573691355
○ Woman In Mind (Japanese edition)
Eichosha Company Ltd, 1991
Chatto & Windus, 1975, ISBN 701121033
○ The Norman Conquests (North American edition)
Grove Press, 1975, ISBN 0394170822
○ The Norman Conquests
Penguin, 1977, ISBN 0140481427
○ The Norman Conquests
Penguin, 1980, ISBN 0140481427
○ The Norman Conquests (North American edition)
Grove Press, 1994, ISBN 9780802131348
○ Three Plays (Hardcover)
Absurd Person Singular, Absent Friends, Bedroom Farce
Chatto & Windus, 1977, ISBN 070112203X
○ Three Plays
Absurd Person Singular, Absent Friends, Bedroom Farce
Penguin, 1979, ISBN 0140481508
○ Three Plays (North American edition)
Absurd Person Singular, Absent Friends, Bedroom Farce
Grove Press, 1977, ISBN 0394170830
○ Three Plays (North American edition)
Absurd Person Singular, Absent Friends, Bedroom Farce
Grove Press, 1994, ISBN 9780802131577
○ Joking Apart & Two Other Plays (Hardcover)
Joking Apart, Ten Times Table, Just Between Ourselves
Chatto & Windus, 1979, ISBN 0701124024
○ Joking Apart & Other Plays
Joking Apart, Ten Times Table, Just Between Ourselves, Sisterly Feelings
Penguin, 1982, ISBN 0140481680
○ Joking Apart & Other Plays
Joking Apart, Ten Times Table, Just Between Ourselves, Sisterly Feelings
Penguin, 1989, ISBN 0140481680
○ Sisterly Feelings & Taking Steps - Two Plays (Hardcover)
Sisterly Feelings, Taking Steps
Chatto & Windus, 1981, ISBN 0701125616
○ The Plays of the Seventies (Hardcover)
Includes Just Between Ourselves
Methuen, 1986, ISBN 0413590909
○ The Plays of the Seventies
Includes Just Between Ourselves
Methuen, 1986, ISBN 0413572706
○ Alan Ayckbourn: Stucke (German collection)
Relatively Speaking, Bedroom Farce, Just Between Ourselves, Henceforward…
Rowohlt, 1994, ISBN 9783499133916
○ Alan Ayckbourn (Japanese collection - Hardcover)
Relatively Speaking, Confusions, Just Between Ourselves, Invisible Friends, Communicating Doors
2001, ISBN 4883850242
○ Bedroom Farce / Absent Friends (Japanese collection - Hardcover)
Orion Press, 1981
○ GamePlan / My Sister Sadie (Japanese collection - Hardcover)
2003, ISBN 4907775318
Faber, 1991, ISBN 057114358X
○ Round and Round the Garden (North American edition)
Samuel French Inc, 1975, ISBN 97800573615016
○ Round and Round the Garden (Japanese edition)
Hokuseido Press, Details TBC
○ Season's Greetings
Faber, 2010, ISBN 9780571273478
○ Season's Greetings (German edition)
Schaussoielhaus Bochum, 1987
○ Sisterly Feelings
Longman, 1989, ISBN 0582016398
○ A Small Family Business
Faber, 1987, ISBN 9780571149704
○ A Small Family Business
Faber, 2014, ISBN 9780571315703
○ A Small Family Business
Faber, 2024, ISBN 9780571315703
○ A Small Family Business (Hardcover - North American edition)
Samuel French Inc, 1989, ISBN 0571149707
○ A Small Family Business (North American edition)
Samuel French Inc, 1992, ISBN 9780573693779
○ A Small Family Business (Chinese edition)
W&W Theatre Company, 2022
○ A Small Family Business (Netherlands edition)
Details TBC
○ Table Manners (North American edition)
Samuel French Inc, 1975, ISBN 9780573617157
○ Table Manners (Japanese edition)
Hokuseido Press, Details TBC
○ Taking Steps (North American edition)
Samuel French Inc, 1991, 9780573692840
○ Things We Do For Love
Faber, 1998, ISBN 0571194451
○ Things We Do For Love (Croatian edition)
2002, ISBN 9539808553
○ Things We Do For Love (French edition)
L'avant-scène Theatre, 2003, ISBN 9782900130537
○ Time And Time Again (North American edition)
Samuel French Inc, 1973, ISBN 0573014574
○ Time Of My Life
Faber, 1993, ISBN 0571169902
○ Time Of My Life (Frisian edition)
St.U.F.T., 1993, ISBN TBC
○ Time Of My Life (French edition)
L'avant-scène Theatre, 1998, ISBN 9782900130537
○ Way Upstream (German edition)
Klett, 1997, ISB 3125796008
○ Way Upstream (Netherlands edition)
Details TBC
○ Wildest Dreams
Faber, 1993, ISBN 0571173047
○ Woman In Mind
Faber, 1986, ISBN 057114520
○ Woman In Mind (North American edition)
Samuel French Inc, 1987, ISBN 9780573691355
○ Woman In Mind (Japanese edition)
Eichosha Company Ltd, 1991
Collections
○ The Norman ConquestsChatto & Windus, 1975, ISBN 701121033
○ The Norman Conquests (North American edition)
Grove Press, 1975, ISBN 0394170822
○ The Norman Conquests
Penguin, 1977, ISBN 0140481427
○ The Norman Conquests
Penguin, 1980, ISBN 0140481427
○ The Norman Conquests (North American edition)
Grove Press, 1994, ISBN 9780802131348
○ Three Plays (Hardcover)
Absurd Person Singular, Absent Friends, Bedroom Farce
Chatto & Windus, 1977, ISBN 070112203X
○ Three Plays
Absurd Person Singular, Absent Friends, Bedroom Farce
Penguin, 1979, ISBN 0140481508
○ Three Plays (North American edition)
Absurd Person Singular, Absent Friends, Bedroom Farce
Grove Press, 1977, ISBN 0394170830
○ Three Plays (North American edition)
Absurd Person Singular, Absent Friends, Bedroom Farce
Grove Press, 1994, ISBN 9780802131577
○ Joking Apart & Two Other Plays (Hardcover)
Joking Apart, Ten Times Table, Just Between Ourselves
Chatto & Windus, 1979, ISBN 0701124024
○ Joking Apart & Other Plays
Joking Apart, Ten Times Table, Just Between Ourselves, Sisterly Feelings
Penguin, 1982, ISBN 0140481680
○ Joking Apart & Other Plays
Joking Apart, Ten Times Table, Just Between Ourselves, Sisterly Feelings
Penguin, 1989, ISBN 0140481680
○ Sisterly Feelings & Taking Steps - Two Plays (Hardcover)
Sisterly Feelings, Taking Steps
Chatto & Windus, 1981, ISBN 0701125616
○ The Plays of the Seventies (Hardcover)
Includes Just Between Ourselves
Methuen, 1986, ISBN 0413590909
○ The Plays of the Seventies
Includes Just Between Ourselves
Methuen, 1986, ISBN 0413572706
○ Alan Ayckbourn: Stucke (German collection)
Relatively Speaking, Bedroom Farce, Just Between Ourselves, Henceforward…
Rowohlt, 1994, ISBN 9783499133916
○ Alan Ayckbourn (Japanese collection - Hardcover)
Relatively Speaking, Confusions, Just Between Ourselves, Invisible Friends, Communicating Doors
2001, ISBN 4883850242
○ Bedroom Farce / Absent Friends (Japanese collection - Hardcover)
Orion Press, 1981
○ GamePlan / My Sister Sadie (Japanese collection - Hardcover)
2003, ISBN 4907775318
All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd.