''Life of Riley'' is a 2010 play by
Alan Ayckbourn. It was first performed at the
Stephen Joseph Theatre,
Scarborough Scarborough or Scarboro may refer to:
People
* Scarborough (surname)
* Earl of Scarbrough
Places Australia
* Scarborough, Western Australia, suburb of Perth
* Scarborough, New South Wales, suburb of Wollongong
* Scarborough, Queensland, su ...
.
Structure
It is set over a period over the seven months that a man called George Riley is diagnosed with a terminal illness, although George Riley does not appear in the play himself and is only ever referred to by the six onstage characters.
This play is the only Ayckbourn play to directly reference another Ayckbourn play (''
Relatively Speaking'') within the story.
Characters
* George Riley (unseen)
* Colin
* Kathryn
* Jack
* Tamsin
* Monica - Riley's ex-wife
* Simeon
* Small boy (unseen)
* Teenage daughter (unseen)
* Basil Bender (unseen)
Adaptation into film
The play was filmed by the French director
Alain Resnais
Alain Resnais (; 3 June 19221 March 2014) was a French film director and screenwriter whose career extended over more than six decades. After training as a film editor in the mid-1940s, he went on to direct a number of short films which included ...
, as ''
Aimer, boire et chanter'' (2014).
References
External links
''Life of Riley'' on official Ayckbourn site
2010 plays
Plays by Alan Ayckbourn
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