Three Plays
- ISBN-10
- 0802131573
- ISBN-13
- 9780802131577
- Series
- Three Plays
- Category
- Drama
- Pages
- 229
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Author
- Alan Ayckbourn
Description
A scathing comedy of social striving in the suburbs, Absurd Person Singular follows the fortunes of three couples who turn up in each other's kitchens on three successive Christmases, to hilarious and devastating effect.
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