The darker the subject, the more light you must try to shed on the matter. And vice versa.

A comedy is just a tragedy interrupted, I once said. Do you finish with the kiss or when she opens her eyes to tell him she loves him and sees blonde hairs on …

Plays by Alan Ayckbourn have been attracting larger audiences in the regional theatres than those of Shakespeare.

There are very few people on top of life, and the rest of us don't like them very much.