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Famous Alan Ayckbourn Quotes
“Salad, I can't bear salad. It grows while you're eating it, you know.”
Source: The Norman Conquests: A Trilogy of Plays
Source: The Norman Conquests: A Trilogy of Plays
“Few women care to be laughed at and men not at all, except for large sums of money.”
Source: The Norman Conquests: A Trilogy of Plays
Source: The Norman Conquests: A Trilogy of Plays
Source: The Crafty Art of Playmaking
“The darker the subject, the more light you must try to shed on the matter. And vice versa.”
Source: The Crafty Art of Playmaking
Source: The Norman Conquests: A Trilogy of Plays
“He really is terribly heavy going. Like running up hill in roller skates.”
Source: The Norman Conquests: A Trilogy of Plays