Confusions script alan ayckbourn biography

1974 play by Alan Ayckbourn

Not to be confused with The Confusions or confusion.

Confusions is a play by Alan Ayckbourn consisting of a series of five interconnected one-act plays.

It was first staged in 1974 (1976 in London) and played by just five actors.^[1] The scenes are all loosely linked by characters or locations, but more subtly through the common underlying themes of obsession, isolation and human desire for companionship.

Summary of the Five One-Act Plays

1. "Mother Figure": Housewife Lucy has the difficult job of looking after the children alone whilst her husband is away. This job of looking after the children has taken over her life; so much so that she never leaves the house and doesn't even have the time to change out of her pyjamas.

   Concerned neighbour Rosemary decides to come around to check on Lucy and to give her the number of her husband Harry who has been trying to call her for a while, and is shocked to find Lucy rushing aro