Actors Index: A - C

This is a comprehensive list of the actors (surnames A - C) who have appeared in Alan Ayckbourn's plays in: world premieres (WP), West End premieres (LP), West End revivals (LR), National Theatre (NT); Ayckbourn-directed revivals (AR); Ayckbourn directed tours - only actors not listed for the original production (AT); Stephen Joseph Theatre revivals - not Ayckbourn directed (R); London recasts or transfers (LT).
Peter Ackerman: Making Tracks (WP 1981)
Polly Adams: Bedroom Farce (NT 1977); Tons Of Money (NT 1986); A Small Family Business (NT 1987)
Rosalind Adams: The Norman Conquests (WP 1973)
Matt Addis: Season's Greetings (AR 2019)
Suzy Aitchison: House & Garden (NT 2000); Bedroom Farce (LR 2002); Way Upstream (AR 2003)
Maria Aitken: Bedroom Farce (NT 1977)
Daisy Aitkens: Communicating Doors (AT 2011)
John Alderton: Confusions (LP 1976)
Michael Aldridge: Absurd Person Singular (LP 1973); Jeeves (LP 1975); Bedroom Farce (LT 1978)
Adie Allen: Communicating Doors (WP 1994); Communicating Doors (LP 1995)
Anne Allgood: Sugar Daddies (AR 2013)
Doreen Andrew: Making Tracks (LP 1983); Man Of The Moment (WP 1988); The Revengers' Comedies (WP 1989); Invisible Friends (WP 1989); Wolf At The Door (WP 1989); The Inside Outside Slide Show (WP 1989); Man Of The Moment (LP 1990); The Revengers' Comedies (LP 1991)
Barry Andrews: Time And Time Again (LP 1972)
Kate Anthony: Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays (R 1993)
Nigel Anthony: Body Language (WP 1990); Callisto 5 (WP 1990); This Is Where We Came In (AR 1991)
Ayesha Antoine: My Wonderful Day (WP 2009); Absurd Person Singular (AR 2012); Surprises (WP 2012)
David Armand: Absent Friends (LR 2012)
Kate Arneil: A Word From Our Sponsor (WP 1995)
John Arthur: Joking Apart (WP 1978); Sisterly Feelings (WP 1979); Taking Steps (WP 1979); Suburban Strains (WP 1980); A Trip To Scarborough (WP 1982); It Could Be Any One Of Us (WP 1983); Making Tracks (LP 1983); Tons Of Money (NT 1986); A Small Family Business (NT 1987); Communicating Doors (WP 1995)
Jane Asher: Henceforward... (LP 1988); Things We Do For Love (LP 1998); House & Garden (NT 2000)
Elizabeth Ashton: How The Other Half Loves (WP 1969); How The Other Half Loves (LP 1970)
Rachel Atkins: Snake In The Grass (WP 2002); Joking Apart (AR 2002)
Dorothy Atkinson: The Boy Who Fell Into A Book (WP 1998); Cheap And Cheerful (WP 1998)
Sarah Atkinson: A Small Family Business (NT 1988)
Helen Atkinson Wood: Time And Time Again (AR 1986)
Robert Austin: Relatively Speaking (AR 1977); Joking Apart (WP 1978); Joking Apart (LP 1979); My Very Own Story (WP 1991); By Jeeves (WP 1996); By Jeeves (LP 1996); The Boy Who Fell Into A Book (WP 1998); Cheap And Cheerful (WP 1998); GamePlan (WP 2001); FlatSpin (WP 2001); RolePlay (WP 2001); GamePlan (LP 2002); FlatSpin (LP 2002); RolePlay (LP 2002); The Champion Of Paribanou (AR 2005); A Trip To Scarborough (AR 2007); How The Other Half Loves (AR 2009)
Perdita Avery: Woman In Mind (AR 2008); Woman In Mind (LR 2009)
Alan Ayckbourn: The Square Cat (WP 1959); Love After All (R 1960); Dad's Tale (WP 1960); Standing Room Only (WP 1961); Christmas V Mastermind (WP 1962); Anno Domino (WP 2020); Haunting Julia (AR 2020); Truth Will Out (WP 2023)
Sabine Azema: House & Garden (WP 1999)
Annette Badland: Joking Apart (WP 1978)
Sherry Baines: Callisto#7 (WP 1999); Bedroom Farce (AR 2000)
Martin Ball: Absent Friends (AR 1997)
Sheila Ballantine: The Norman Conquests (LT 1974)
David Bamber: Second Helping (WP 1980); Absurd Person Singular (LR 2007)
Richard Banham: Whenever (WP 2000)
Teresa Banham: A Chorus Of Disapproval (LR 2012)
Geoffrey Banks: Family Circles (AR 1985); Tons Of Money (WP 1985)
Jim Barclay: A Small Family Business (NT 1988)
Ronnie Barker: Mr Whatnot (LP 1964)
Natasha J Barnes: The Boy Who Fell Into A Book [musical] (WP 2014)
David Baron: Absurd Person Singular (LT 1974)
John Barr: The Boy Who Fell Into A Book [musical] (WP 2014)
Amanda Barrie: Absurd Person Singular (LT 1974)
Neal Barry: A Small Family Business (NT 2014)
Christina Barryk: Woman In Mind (LP 1986)
Keith Bartlett: Comic Potential (WP 1998)
Jan Bashford: Family Circles (LP 1978)
James Bate: Sisterly Feelings (WP 1979)
Ralph Bates: Woman In Mind (LT 1987)
Eileen Battye: House & Garden (WP 1999); Miss Yesterday (WP 2004); Improbable Fiction (WP 2005); Time And Time Again (AR 2005); Relatively Speaking (AR 2007); Life & Beth (AT 2009); Dear Uncle (WP 2011); Neighbourhood Watch (WP 2011); Neighbourhood Watch (LP 2012); Better Off Dead (WP 2018); Season's Greetings (AR 2019)
Jamie Baughan: By Jeeves (AR 2017); Joking Apart (AR 2018); Birthdays Past, Birthdays Present (WP 2019)
Daisy Beaumont: Virtual Reality (WP 2000); A Chorus Of Disapproval (LR 2012)
Arnold Beck: Christmas V Mastermind (WP 1962)
Stephen Beckett: Way Upstream (AR 2003); A Chorus Of Disapproval (AR 2004); Drowning On Dry Land (WP 2004); Private Fears In Public Places (WP 2004); Taking Steps (AR 2010); A Small Family Business (NT 2014)
Stefan Bednarczyk: Whenever (WP 2000)
Annalene Beechey: Awaking Beauty (WP 2008)
Michael Beint: A Chorus Of Disapproval (NT 1985)
Elizabeth Bell: Christmas V Mastermind (WP 1962); Mr Whatnot (WP 1963); A Small Family Business (WP 1987); The Revengers' Comedies (WP 1989); Wolf At The Door (WP 1989); Taking Steps (AR 1990)
Nigel Bellairs: A Small Family Business (NT 1988)
Elizabeth Bennett: This Is Where We Came In (AR 1991)
Max Bennett: Relatively Speaking (LR 2013)
Paul Bentall: A Chorus Of Disapproval (NT 1985); Wildest Dreams (LP 1993)
Russell Bentley: Drowning On Dry Land (LP 2011)
Mark Benton: Invisible Friends (NT 1991)
Elizabeth Berrington: Absent Friends (LR 2012)
Lavinia Bertram: Men On Women On Men (WP 1978); Sisterly Feelings (WP 1979); Taking Steps (WP 1979); First Course (WP 1980); Suburban Strains (WP 1980); Suburban Strains (LP 1981); Season's Greetings (WP 1980); Season's Greetings (AR 1981); Me, Myself And I (WP 1981); Way Upstream (WP 1981); Making Tracks (WP 1981); Intimate Exchanges (WP 1982); It Could Be Any One Of Us (WP 1983); Backnumbers (WP 1983); The 7 Deadly Virtues (WP 1984); Intimate Exchanges (LP 1984); Absurd Person Singular (AR 1989); The Revengers' Comedies (LP 1991); A Trip To Scarborough (AR 2007); Woman In Mind (LR 2009)
Daniel Betts: Bedroom Farce (LR 2010)
Gillian Bevan: Season's Greetings (AR 1981); Me, Myself And I (WP 1981); Way Upstream (WP 1981); Making Tracks (WP 1981); A Trip To Scarborough (WP 1982); Incidental Music (WP 1983); Making Tracks (LP 1983)
Stephen Billington: Confusions (AR 2015); Hero’s Welcome (WP 2015); The Divide (WP 2015)
Christopher Birch: The Revengers' Comedies (LP 1991)
Katie Birtill: The Boy Who Fell Into A Book [musical] (WP 2014); By Jeeves (AR 2017)
Susie Blake: Virtual Reality (WP 2000); Snake In The Grass (WP 2002); Joking Apart (AR 2002); Snake In The Grass (AR 2008); Life & Beth (WP 2008)
Colin Blakely: Just Between Ourselves (LP 1977); A Chorus Of Disapproval (LT 1986)
Brenda Blethyn: Wildest Dreams (LP 1993)
Benedick Blythe: Woman In Mind (LP 1986); Woman In Mind (LT 1987)
Peter Blythe: Woman In Mind (LP 1986)
Robert Blythe: Body Language (WP 1999); House & Garden (WP 1999)
Elizabeth Boag: Arrivals & Departures (WP 2013); Farcicals (WP 2013 WP); Roundelay (AT 2015); Confusions (AR 2015); Hero’s Welcome (WP 2015); The Divide (WP 2015); Family Album (WP 2022); Truth Will Out (WP 2023); Father of Invention (WP 2024)
Theresa Boden: A Small Family Business (NT 1988)
Samantha Bond: Man Of The Moment (LP 1990)
Ken Bones: Communicating Doors (LP 1995)
Terence Booth: A Trip To Scarborough (WP 1982); Man Of The Moment (LP 1990); My Very Own Story (AR 1992); Time Of My Life (WP 1992); Time Of My Life (LP 1993); Body Language (AR 1999); House & Garden (WP 1999); Sugar Daddies (WP 2003); Improbable Fiction (WP 2005); Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays (AR 2006); If I Were You (AT 2007); A Trip To Scarborough (AR 2007); Life & Beth (AT 2009); My Wonderful Day (WP 2009); Dear Uncle (WP 2011); Neighbourhood Watch (WP 2011); Neighbourhood Watch (LP 2012); Arrivals & Departures (WP 2013); Farcicals (WP 2013); Welcome to the Family (WP 2023)
Peter Bourke: My Very Own Story (AR 1991)
Debbie Bowen: Jeeves (WP 1975)
Robin Bowerman: Sisterly Feelings (WP 1979); Taking Steps (WP 1979); Suburban Strains (WP 1980); Season's Greetings (WP 1980); Season's Greetings (AR 1981); Way Upstream (WP 1981); Making Tracks (WP 1981); Me, Myself And I (WP 1981); Invisible Friends (WP 1989); Wolf At The Door (WP 1989)
Peter Bowles: Absent Friends (LP 1975); Man Of The Moment (LP 1990)
Tom Bowles: Woman In Mind (WP 1985)
Carole Boyd: Way Upstream (WP 1981); Me, Myself And I (WP 1981)
Barry Boys: The Square Cat (R 1960); Love After All (WP 1959)
James Bradshaw: House & Garden (NT 2000)
Richard Brain: Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays (WP 1988)
John Branwell: Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays (WP 1988); Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays (NT 1993); Comic Potential (WP 1998); Comic Potential (LP 1999); Haunting Julia (AR 1999); Way Upstream (AR 2003); Time And Time Again (AR 2005); Improbable Fiction (WP 2005); If I Were You (WP 2006); Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays (AR 2006) Woman In Mind (AR 2008); Time Of My Life (AR 2013); Arrivals & Departures (WP 2013); Truth Will Out (WP 2023)
Anna Brecon: Sugar Daddies (WP 2003)
Zabou Breitman: House & Garden (NT 2000)
Justin Brett: This Is Where We Came In (AR 2001); My Sister Sadie (WP 2003); The Champion Of Paribanou (AR 2005)
Rebecca Brewer: A Chorus Of Disapproval (LR 2012)
Judy Bridgland: Sisterly Feelings (WP 1979)
Richard Briers: Relatively Speaking (LP 1967); Absurd Person Singular (LP 1973); Absent Friends (LP 1975); Bedroom Farce (LR 2002)
Jasper Britton: Bedroom Farce (LR 2002)
Andrew Brooke: If I Were You (WP 2006)
Ray Brooks: Absent Friends (LP 1975)
Georgia Brown: A Chorus Of Disapproval (LR 2012)
Robin Browne: House & Garden (NT 2000)
Michael Bryant: Sisterly Feelings (NT 1980)
Rob Brydon: A Chorus Of Disapproval (LR 2012)
Diane Bull: Mr Whatnot (AR 1976); Relatively Speaking (WP 1977); Ten Times Table (WP 1977); Ten Times Table (LP 1978); Joking Apart (LP 1979); Season's Greetings (LP 1982); Mere Soup Songs (NT 1986); Tons Of Money (NT 1986); A Small Family Business (NT 1987); Man Of The Moment (LP 1990)
Francesca Buller: Henceforward... (AR 1988)
Amelia Bullmore: The Norman Conquests (LR 2008)
Penny Bunton: Henceforward... (WP 1987)
David Burke: Absurd Person Singular (LP 1973)
Georgia Burnell: The Girl Next Door (WP 2021); Family Album (WP 2022); Constant Companions (WP 2023); Truth Will Out (WP 2023); Things We Do For Love (AR 2024)
Alison Burrows: A Word From Our Sponsor (WP 1995)
Hazel Burt: Love After All (R 1960); Dad's Tale (WP 1960); Standing Room Only (WP 1961).
Stuart Burt: The Champion Of Paribanou (AR 2005)
Donald Burton: How The Other Half Loves (LP 1970)
Saskia Butler: Whenever (WP 2000); GamePlan (WP 2001); FlatSpin (WP 2001); RolePlay (WP 2001); This Is Where We Came In (AR 2001); GamePlan (LP 2002); FlatSpin (LP 2002); RolePlay (LP 2002); Way Upstream (AR 2003); My Sister Sadie (WP 2003); Miss Yesterday (WP 2004); If I Were You (WP 2006)
Tyler Butterworth: Absent Friends (AR 1997)
Selina Cadell: Sisterly Feelings (NT 1980)
Simon Cadell: Tons Of Money (NT 1986); A Small Family Business (NT 1987)
Milton Cadman: Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays (R 1993)
Rachel Caffrey: Time Of My Life (AR 2013); Arrivals & Departures (WP 2013); The Karaoke Theatre Company (WP 2016); Consuming Passions (WP 2016); Season's Greetings (AR 2019)
Anna Calder-Marshall: Absurd Person Singular (LP 1973)
Simon Callow: Sisterly Feelings (NT 1980)
Judy Campbell: Mr Whatnot (LP 1964)
Paul Chapman: Taking Steps (LP 1980)
David Campton: The Square Cat (WP 1959); Love After All (WP 1959); Love After All (R 1960)
David Cardy: A Chorus Of Disapproval (LT 1986)
Jan Carey: Family Circles (LP 1978)
Victoria Carling: Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays (WP 1988)
Claire Carrie: This Is Where We Came In (AR 2001)
Michael Cashman: A Trip To Scarborough (WP 1982); Incidental Music (WP 1983); Making Tracks (LP 1983); Backnumbers (WP 1983); The 7 Deadly Virtues (WP 1984)
Anna Carteret: Sisterly Feelings (NT 1980)
Christopher Cazenove: Joking Apart (LP 1979)
Howard Chadwick: By Jeeves (AR 2017)
Emma Chambers: Henceforward... (WP 1987); Henceforward... (LP 1988); Invisible Friends (WP 1989); Invisible Friends (NT 1991)
Bill Champion: Comic Potential (WP 1998); Comic Potential (LP 1999); Haunting Julia (AR 1999); GamePlan (WP 2001); FlatSpin (WP 2001); RolePlay (WP 2001); GamePlan (LP 2002); FlatSpin (LP 2002); RolePlay (LP 2002); A Chorus Of Disapproval (AR 2004); Intimate Exchanges (AR 2006); Woman In Mind (AR 2008); Woman In Mind (LR 2009); Absurd Person Singular (AR 2012); Surprises (WP 2012); Arrivals & Departures (AT 2014); Farcicals (AT 2014); Henceforward… (AR 2016); No Knowing (WP 2016); By Jeeves (AR 2017); Season's Greetings (AR 2019); The Girl Next Door (WP 2021); Welcome to the Family (WP 2023); Show & Tell (WP 2024); Father of Invention (WP 2024)
Simon Chandler: Man Of The Moment (WP 1988); Man Of The Moment (LP 1990); Invisible Friends (NT 1991)
Constance Chapman: Bedroom Farce (NT 1977)
Sean Chapman: Invisible Friends (WP 1989); Wolf At The Door (WP 1989)
Simon Chapman: Miss Yesterday (WP 2004)
Andrew Charleson: The Norman Conquests (AR 1993)
Phil Cheadle: Dear Uncle (WP 2011); Neighbourhood Watch (WP 2011); Neighbourhood Watch (LP 2012)
Mary Chester: A Chorus Of Disapproval (NT 1985)
Emily Chisholm: Sugar Daddies (AR 2013)
Jeffery Chiswick: My Very Own Story (AR 1991)
Oliver Chris: Season's Greetings (NT 2010)
Wolf Christian: The Champion Of Paribanou (WP 1996)
Jemma Churchill: Birthdays Past, Birthdays Present (WP 2019)
Diane Clare: Mr Whatnot (WP 1964)
Mary-Louise Clark: A Chorus Of Disapproval (LT 1986)
Prue Clarke: A Word From Our Sponsor (WP 1995)
Clare Clifford: This Is Where We Came In (WP 1990)
Philip Clifford: Dad's Tale (WP 1960)
John Clive: Absurd Person Singular (LT 1974)
Godron Clyde: Jeeves (WP 1975)
Christopher Coghill: Drowning On Dry Land (LP 2011)
Nic Colicos: By Jeeves (WP 1996); By Jeeves (LP 1996); The Boy Who Fell Into A Book [musical] (WP 2014)
Daniel Collings: Man Of The Moment (WP 1988); Wolf At The Door (WP 1989); Man Of The Moment (LP 1990)
Pauline Collins: Confusions (LP 1976); Woman In Mind (LT 1987)
Rob Compton: A Chorus Of Disapproval (LR 2012)
Nigel Cooke: Boy Meets Girl / Girl Meets Boy (WP 1985); Time And Time Again (AR 1986)
Judy Cornwell: Mr Whatnot (LP 1964)
James Cossins: Confusions (LP 1976)
Matthew Cottle: Comic Potential (LP 1999); Way Upstream (AR 2003); Man Of The Moment (AR 2009); Taking Steps (AR 2010); Dear Uncle (WP 2011); Neighbourhood Watch (WP 2011); Neighbourhood Watch (LP 2012); A Chorus Of Disapproval (LR 2012); A Small Family Business (NT 2014); How The Other Half Loves (LR 2016)
Robert Cotton: A Chorus Of Disapproval (WP 1984); The Westwoods (WP 1984)
Tom Courtenay: Time And Time Again (LP 1972); The Norman Conquests (LP 1974)
Annie Cowan: The Musical Jigsaw Play (WP 1994)
Christine Cox: Dreams From A Summer House (WP 1992)
Simon Cox: Callisto 5 (WP 1990)
Jonathan Coy: Relatively Speaking (LR 2013)
Pamela Craig: The Sparrow (WP 1967)
Gemma Craven: A Chorus Of Disapproval (NT 1985)
Tony Crean: A Chorus Of Disapproval (LT 1986)
Theo Cross: How The Other Half Loves (AR 2009)
Sara Crowe: Henceforward... (LT 1989); Bedroom Farce (LR 2010)
Liz Crowther: Family Circles (LP 1978); Communicating Doors (WP 1994)
Nicky Croydon: My Very Own Story (AR 1992)
Andrew Cruickshank: Sisterly Feelings (NT 1980)
Andy Cryer: The Divide (WP 2015); The Karaoke Theatre Company (WP 2016); Consuming Passions (WP 2016); Henceforward… (AR 2016); Season's Greetings (AR 2019); Constant Companions (WP 2023); Truth Will Out (WP 2023)
Simon Cryer: Cheap And Cheerful (WP 1999)
David Cunningham: Man Of The Moment (LT 1990)
Marilyn Cutts: How The Other Half Loves (AR 2009)
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