A Trip To Scarborough: Further Reading

This page contains details of publications & articles relating to Alan Ayckbourn's adaptation of R.B. Sheridan’s A Trip To Scarborough. The information is for research & the website cannot provide copies of the articles listed on this page.

Published Editions

A Trip To Scarborough has not been published.

Manuscripts (research & reference)

Manuscripts for A Trip To Scarborough are held in the Ayckbourn Archive in the Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York. The manuscripts are accessible onsite for research purposes.

Reference Books

Paul Allen: A Pocket Guide to Alan Ayckbourn’s Plays
pp.253-254 (Faber & Faber, 2004, ISBN 0571214924)
Paul Allen: Alan Ayckbourn - Grinning at the Edge*
pp.206 (Methuen, 2001, ISBN 0413731200)
Simon Murgatroyd: Unseen Ayckbourn
(Lulu Books, 2023, ISBN 9781447761723)
Malcolm Page: File On Ayckbourn*
pp.79-81 (Methuen, 1989, ISBN 0413420108)
Ian Watson: Conversations With Ayckbourn*
pp.130-131 (Faber and Faber, 1988, ISBN 0571151922)
The School For Scandal And Other Plays
(R.B. Sheridan, Oxford World Classics, 1998, ISBN 0192825674)
Four Comedies (including The Relapse)
(Sir John Vanbrugh, Penguin Classics, 1989, ISBN 0140432760)
* indicates out of print

Reviews (world premiere)

Ayckbourn 'Trip To Scarborough'
Eric Shorter, Daily Telegraph, 10 December 1982
A Trip To Scarborough
Michael Coveney, Financial Times, 13 December 1982
A Switch In Time
Gazette & Herald (Ryedale), 16 December 1982
A Trip To Scarborough
Robin Thornber, The Guardian, 10 December 1982
Sheridan's Extended Trip To Scarboro'
Lynne Curry, Scarborough Evening News, 9 December 1982
A Trip To Scarborough
David Jeffels, The Stage, 13 January 1983
A Trip To Scarborough
Irving Wardle, The Times, 13 December 1982
A Trip To Basford
Peter Cheeseman, 1987, New Victoria Theatre
Alteration And Circulation
Hugh Haughton, Times Literary Supplement, 7 January 1983
A Trip To Scarborough
Desmond Pratt, Yorkshire Post, 10 December 1982

Reviews (2007 revival)

A Trip To Scarborough
Alfred Hickling, The Guardian, 15 December 2007
A Trip To Scarborough
Charles Hutchinson, The Press, 15 December 2007
Tripping The Light Fantastical
Sue Wilkinson, Scarborough Evening News, 12 December 2007
A Trip To Scarborough
Kevin Berry, The Stage, 12 December 2007
A Trip To Scarborough
Benedict Nightingale, The Times, 18 December 2007
A Trip To Scarborough
Ron Simpson, whatsonstage.com, 13 December 2007

All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd.