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Research Resources

This page lists the significant archive holdings in relation to Alan Ayckbourn's Way Upstream. The bulk of the material is held in the Ayckbourn Archive at The Borthwick Institute for Archives at The University of York.

Archives

  • The Borthwick Institute for Archives: Extensive collection of material from 1981 to 2019 including manuscripts, programmes, posters and correspondence held across 22 boxes. To view the online catalogue, click here.
  • The National Theatre Archive: The National Theatre Archive holds a substantive collection of material pertaining to its 1982 production of Way Upstream, directed by Alan Ayckbourn. The record page can be found here.
  • The British Library: Top copy clean manuscript for world premiere at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in the Round, Scarborough (1981), held in The Modern Playscripts Collection; correspondence in the 'Archive of Margaret Ramsay Ltd' (references: Add MS 88915/1/12/21).
  • Scarborough Library (The Library Theatre / Stephen Joseph Collection): Programme for world premiere (1981) at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in the Round, Scarborough; brochure for the 1981 / 1982 winter season at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in the Round, Scarborough.
Further details about other collections and researching Alan Ayckbourn can be found in the Research section of the website.

If you have any research enquiries regarding Way Upstream please contact Alan Ayckbourn's archivist Simon Murgatroyd at research@alanayckbourn.net.