Miss Yesterday

Summary

Miss Yesterday is a 2004 play by the British playwright Alan Ayckbourn. It was, like My Sister Sadie shown the previous year, billed as a "family" play in the Stephen Joseph Theatre's Christmas production. It is about a teenage girl who is sent back in time one day to prevent the death of her older brother in a motorcycle accident.[1]

Miss Yesterday
Written byAlan Ayckbourn
CharactersTammy
Tamara
Ian
Roz
Andrew
Josie
Date premiered2 December 2004
Place premieredStephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Original languageEnglish
SubjectTime travel / changing history
GenreFamily drama
SettingTammy's house and various other locations
Official site
Ayckbourn chronology
Private Fears in Public Places
(2004)
Improbable Fiction
(2005)

Though still unpublished, the play was performed by amateurs in the studio of the York Theatre Royal in March 2012.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Miss Yesterday (2004)". Alan Ayckbourn Official Website.
  2. ^ "Review". The Pocklinton Post.[dead link]
    - Charles Hutchinson (12 March 2012). "Review: Miss Yesterday, The Studio, York Theatre Royal, until March 17". The Press. York.

External links edit

  • Miss Yesterday on official Ayckbourn site
  • Guardian review, December 2004
  • Theatre BA review