Communicating Doors
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| Written by | Alan Ayckbourn | ||
| Characters | Poopay Julian Reece Ruella Harold Jessica |
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| Date premiered | 2 February 1994 | ||
| Place premiered | Stephen Joseph Theatre (Westwood), Scarborough | ||
| Original language | English | ||
| Subject | Time travel, changing history | ||
| Genre | Comedy/Thriller | ||
| Setting | A hotel suite, in 1974, 1994 and 2014 | ||
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Communicating Doors is a play written in 1994 by Alan Ayckbourn. The setting is a hotel suite that moves through time from 1974 to 2014. The central character, Poopay, must save herself from the murderous Julian by preventing the murders of Reece's two wives.
Cast and Characters
Characters
- Reece (A businessman, aged 30 & 70)
- Jessica (His first wife, aged 25 & 45)
- Ruella (His second wife, aged 45)
- Julian (His business associate, aged 45 & 65)
- Poopay (Phoebe) (A prostitute, aged 33)
- Harold (A house detective, aged 35 & 55)
| Character | Stephen Joseph Theatre (Original Production) (1992) |
Gielgud Theatre (1995) |
Savoy Theatre (1996) |
Variety Arts Theatre (off-Broadway) (1998) |
Menier Chocolate Factory (2015)
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| Poopay/Phoebe | Adie Allen | Jane Slavin | Mary-Louise Parker | Rachel Tucker | |
| Julian | Richard Durden | Ken Bones | Gerrit Graham | David Bamber | |
| Reece | John Hudson | Laurence Kennedy | Tom Backett | Robert Portal | |
| Ruella | Liz Crowther | Julia McKenzie | Angela Thorne | Patricia Hodges | Imogen Stubbs |
| Harold | Nick Stringer | John Arthur | David McCallum | Matthew Cottle | |
| Jessica | Sarah Markland | Eleanor Tremain | Candy Buckley | Lucy Briggs-Owen | |