The Sparrow: Further Reading
This page contains details of publications & articles relating to The Sparrow. The information is for research & the website cannot provide copies of the articles listed.Published Editions
The Sparrow has not been published.Manuscripts (research & reference)
An original manuscript for The Sparrow is held in the Ayckbourn Archive in the Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York. The manuscript is accessible onsite for research purposes.Reference Books
Paul Allen: A Pocket Guide to Alan Ayckbourn’s Playspp.5-6 (Faber & Faber, 2004, ISBN 0571214924)
Paul Allen: Alan Ayckbourn - Grinning at the Edge*
pp.119-120 (Methuen, 2001, ISBN 0413731200)
Michael Billington: Alan Ayckbourn (2nd Ed)*
pp.26-31 (Palgrave, 1990, ISBN 0333498976)
Albert E. Kalson: Laughter In The Dark*
pp.47-48 (Associated Universities Press, 1991, ISBN 0838634796)
Simon Murgatroyd: Unseen Ayckbourn
(Lulu Books, 2023, ISBN 9781447761723)
Malcolm Page: File On Ayckbourn*
pp.18 (Methuen, 1989, ISBN 0413420108)
Ian Watson: Conversations With Ayckbourn*
pp.57-58 (Faber and Faber, 1988, ISBN 0571151922)
Sidney Howard White: Alan Ayckbourn*
pp.17-18 (Twayne Publishers, 1984, ISBN 080576870X)
* indicates out of print
Articles
Special Occasion For Cast Of New PlayScarborough Evening News, July 1967
Reviews (world premiere)
New Play Certain Of West End RunJohn Stevenson, Daily Mail, July 1967
Cockney Play Likeable
Eric Shorter, Daily Telegraph, July 1967
It's Slick And Terrific
David Jeffels, Northern Echo, 14 July 1967
A Laugh A Minute In New Play
Scarborough Evening News, 14 July 1967
A New Ayckbourn Comedy
The Stage, July 1967
Slick New Comedy At Scarboro'
David Jeffels, Yorkshire Evening Post, 14 July 1967
Comedy Given In The Round Premiere
David Jeffels, Yorkshire Post, 14 July 1967
All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd.