Autographs of Alan Ayckbourn
Sir Alan Ayckbourn CBE FRSA (born 12 April 1939) is a prolific British playwright and director. As of 2025, he has written and produced 91 full-length plays in Scarborough and London and was, between 1972 and 2009, the artistic director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, where all but four of his plays have received their first performance. More than 40 have subsequently been produced in the West End, at the Royal National Theatre or by the Royal Shakespeare Company since his first hit Relatively Speaking opened at the Duke of York's Theatre in 1967.
Major successes include Absurd Person Singular (1972), The Norman Conquests trilogy (1973), Absent Friends (1974), Bedroom Farce (1975), Just Between Ourselves (1976), A Chorus of Disapproval (1984), Woman in Mind (1985), A Small Family Business (1987), Man of the Moment (1988), House & Garden (1999) and Private Fears in Public Places (2004). His plays have won numerous awards, including seven London Evening Standard Awards. They have been translated into over 35 languages and are performed on stage and television throughout the world. Ten of his plays have been staged on Broadway, attracting two Tony nominations, and one Tony award.
Ayckbourn was born in Hampstead, London. His mother, Irene Worley ("Lolly") (1906–1998), was a writer of short stories who published under the name "Mary James". His father, Horace Ayckbourn (1904–1965), was an orchestral violinist and was the lead violinist at the London Symphony Orchestra. His parents, who separated shortly after World War II, never married, and Ayckbourn's mother divorced her first husband to marry again in 1948.
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Traded items with a signature of Alan Ayckbourn
The most expensive item with a signature of Alan Ayckbourn (Signed Joking Apart And Two Other Plays By Alan Ayckbourn) was sold in July 2025 for £222.34 while the cheapest item (Unframed Signed Photo - Alan Ayckbourn) found a new owner for £0.29 in September 2013. The month with the most items sold (3) was September 2012 with an average selling price of £0.99 for an autographed item of Alan Ayckbourn. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2025 with £106.54 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.65 was December 2012. In average, an autographed item from Alan Ayckbourn is worth £4.09.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Alan Ayckbourn were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Alan Ayckbourn - Signed Autograph | £9.49 |  |
| Alan Ayckbourn - Signed Autograph | £9.49 | |
| Alan Ayckbourn - Signed Autograph | £4.99 | |
| Alan Ayckbourn - Signed Autograph | £4.99 | |
| Alan Ayckbourn Playwright Director Life Riley Inscribed Signed Picture/autograph | £4.99 | |
| Alan Ayckbourn Signed Photo | £106.54 | |
| Alan Ayckbourn Signed Photo | £106.54 | |
| Alan AYCKBOURN- Absurd Person Singular1974 etc-Great Playwright-signed pic | £6.00 | |
| Alan AYCKBOURN- Absurd Person Singular1974 etc-Great Playwright-signed pic | £6.00 | |
 | Alan AYCKBOURN-Great British Playwright & Theatre Director-Signed 8x10 Photo | £17.00 | |
| Alan AYCKBOURN-Great British Playwright & Theatre Director-Signed 8x10 Photo | £17.00 | |
| Alan AYCKBOURN-Private Fears In Public Places-Great Playwright- signed bio | £5.00 | |
| Alan AYCKBOURN-Private Fears In Public Places-Great Playwright- signed bio | £5.00 | |
| Alan AYCKBOURN-Top Stage Actor Round The Garden etc-signed theatre bio | £4.20 | |
| Alan AYCKBOURN-Top Stage Actor Round The Garden etc-signed theatre bio | £4.20 | |
