Books 

Reviews (world Premiere)

Paul Allen: A Pocket Guide to Alan Ayckbourn’s Plays

pp.73-79 (Faber & Faber, 2004, ISBN 0571214924)

Ayckbourn Afloat

Eric Shorter, Daily Telegraph, 5 October 1981

Paul Allen: Alan Ayckbourn - Grinning at the Edge

pp.189-194, 198-199, 204-207 (Methuen, 2001, ISBN 0413731200)

North

Paul Allen, Drama, Sprint 1982

Michael Billington: Alan Ayckbourn (2^nd Ed)*

pp.156-163 (Palgrave, 1990, ISBN 0333498976)

Way Upstream

Anthony Curtis, Financial Times, 14 October 1981

Albert-Reiner Glaap: Ayckbourn Country (1^st Ed)*

pp.88-92 (Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 1999, ISBN 3884763490)

Way Upstream

Robin Thornber, The Guardian, 5 October 1981

Michael Holt: Alan Ayckbourn

pp.45-48 (Northcote Press, 1999, ISBN 0746308590)

Nude-Look Ayckbourn

David Jeffels, Northern Echo, 5 October 1981

Albert E. Kalson: Laughter In The Dark*

pp.130-134, 149-153 (Associated Universities Press, 1991, ISBN 0838634796)

Nudity On Stage

Lynne Curry, Scarborough Evening News, Scarborough Mercury, 3 October 1981

Ian Watson: Conversations With Ayckbourn*

pp.125-128, 162-166 (Faber and Faber, 1988, ISBN 0571151922)

Cruising

Hermione Lee, Time Literary Supplement, 23 October 1981

Sidney Howard White: Alan Ayckbourn*

pp.131-134 (Twayne Publishers, 1984, ISBN 080576870X)

A Cheeky End To New Play

David Jeffels, Yorkshire Evening Press, 5 October 1981

* indicates out of print

Creating Waves Of Enjoyment

Yorkshire Gazette, 15 October 1981

Interviews

Way Upstream

Desmond Pratt, Yorkshire Post, 5 October 1981

How To Sail A Real Boat Onto Stage

John North, 13 October 1981

Reviews (London premiere)

Upstream On Stage

Lynne Curry, Scarborough Evening News, 8 October 1981

Way Upstream

Country Life, 28 October 1982

Still Hoping For Heroes

Bryan Appleyard, The Times, 18 August 1982

All Hands To The Pumps

Jack Tinker, Daily Mail, 5 October 1982

That Pioneering Spirit

John Barber, Daily Telegraph, 24 January 1983

Ayckbourn Sails In To A Success

John Barber, Daily Telegraph, 5 October 1982

Articles

Way Upstream

Michael Coveney, Financial Times, 5 October 1982

How Three Men In A Boat keep New Comedy Afloat

Daily Mail, 5 October 1982

Way Upstream

Michael Billington, The Guardian, 5 October 1982

Revealed - Ayckbourn's Three Men In A Boat

Lynda Murdin, Evening Standard, 24 December 1982

Ayckbourn's Upstream Sinks

Sheridan Morley, International Herald Tribune, 13 October 1982

Watery Spectacle Has Not Been Plain Sailing

Jenny Shields, Daily Telegraph, 11 January 1983

Disaster Downstream

David Nathan, Jewish Chronicle, 8 October 1982

Why Boat Comedy Is Up Creek Again

Lynda Murdin, Evening Standard, 1 October 1982

New Plays

J.C. Trewin, The Lady, 22 October 1982

Gremlins Get In On Act

Lynda Murdin & Charles Spencer, Evening Standard, 13 December 1982

All In The Same Boat

Benedict Nightingale, New Statesman, 8 October 1982

Water Challenge A Fantastic Success

Marie Daniels, Scarborough Evening News, 15 November 2003

Way Upstream

The Observer, 10 October 1982

Water Challenge A Fantastic Success

Marie Daniels, Scarborough Evening News, 15 November 2003

National Shipwreck

Sheridan Morley, Punch, 13 October 1982

Deep Waters

Mark Amory, The Spectator, 9 October 1982

Way Upstream

Peter Hepple, The Stage, 14 October 1982

Sailing Into Deep Water

Christopher Hudson, The Standard, 5 October 1982

Theatre

Clive Hirschhorn, Sunday Express, 10 October 1982

Way Upstream

Sunday Telegraph, 10 October 1982

Way Upstream

Sunday Times, 10 October 1982

Theatre

Anthony Holden, Tatler, December 1982

Watery Grave

Irving Wardle, The Times, 5 October 1982

Unease At Armageddon Bridge

Ronald Hayman, Times Literary Supplement, 22 October 1982

That Sinking Feeling

What's On, 22 October 1982

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