Alan Ayckbourn Encyclopaedia: Dates - August
1 August: West End premiere of Table Manners (The Norman Conquests) at The Globe in 1974; West End premiere of A Chorus Of Disapproval at the National Theatre in 1985.3 August: West End premiere of Time Of My Life at the Vaudeville Theatre in 1993.
4 August: World premiere of This Is Where We Came In at the Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round in 1990; revival of Confusions at the Library Theatre, Scarborough, in 1975.
5 August: West End premiere of How The Other Half Loves at the Lyric Theatre in 1970; West End premiere of Living Together (The Norman Conquests) in 1974; world premiere of Alan Ayckbourn and Paul Todd's revue Second Helping at the Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round in 1980.
6 August: West End premiere of Mr Whatnot at the Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent, in 1964 - the first Ayckbourn play to transfer to the West End; world premiere of Arrivals & Departures at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in 2013.
7 August: West End premiere of Communicating Doors at the Gielgud Theatre in 1995.
8 August: West End premiere of Round & Round The Garden (The Norman Conquests) at the Globe Theatre in 1974; world premiere of Alan Ayckbourn and Denis King's musical Orvin - Champion Of Champions at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in 2003.
9 August: West End premiere of House & Garden at the National Theatre in 2000.
10 August: World premiere of Man Of The Moment at the Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round in 1988; world premiere of My Very Own Story at the Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round in 1991.
11 August: World premiere of the stage adaptation of the novel The Divide at the King's Theatre, Edinburgh, as part of the Edinburgh International Festival in 2017.
12 August: First Ayckbourn & The Round event launched at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in 2001; world premiere of Consuming Passions at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in 2016.
13 August: World premiere of Untitled Farce at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in 2005.
14 August: West End premiere of Intimate Exchanges at the Ambassador's Theatre in 1984.
16 August: West End premiere of Time & Time Again at the Comedy Theatre in 1972; directed first play by Harold Pinter - The Caretaker - in 1962.
17 August: World premiere of Private Fears In Public Places at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in 2004.
18 August: World premiere of Michael Winner's film adaptation of A Chorus Of Disapproval at the Paris Theatre, New York, in 1989.
19 August: Professional acting debut in Fritz Hochwaelder's The Strong Are Lonely at the Edinburgh Festival in 1956 as part of Donald Wolfit's company; London revival of Alan Ayckbourn and Paul Todd's revue Me, Myself & I at the Orange Tree, Richmond, in 1983.
20 August: World premiere of Family Circles at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough, in 1970; New York premiere of Communicating Doors at the Variety Arts Theater in 1998.
21 August: Directs last play at the Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round - Harold Pinter's Betrayal - in 1996 before the company's move to its new home, the Stephen Joseph Theatre.
23 August: Broadcast premiere of Package Deal by Derek Bickerton, directed by Alan Ayckbourn, on BBC Light in 1965.
25 August: Directs last play at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough - Stephen Mallatratt's Mother Country - in 1976 before the company's move to its new home, the Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round.
26 August: World premiere of Alan Ayckbourn and John Pattison's musical Dreams From A Summer House at the Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round in 1992; radio premiere of the BBC's adaptation of Alan Ayckbourn and Denis King's musical Whenever in 2006.
28 August: Radio premiere of the BBC's adaptation of Confusions in 1988.
30 August: Radio premiere of the BBC's adaptation of Table Manners (The Norman Conquests) in 1990.
31 August: Broadcast premiere of Mug's Game by Robert Storey, directed by Alan Ayckbourn, on BBC Home Service in 1966.
Original research for the The Alan Ayckbourn Encyclopaedia section is by Simon Murgatroyd and copyright of the author.