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The Manuscripts page offers a guide to what Ayckbourn scripts exist and where they can be found. Generally all scripts are held by the British Library and the Bob Watson Archive at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough. Details of how to access the manuscript collection in Scarborough can be found through The Archive link above. Revised manuscripts generally refer to the London productions.

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Key: BL (British Library); SJT (Bob Watson Archive); Rylands (University Of Manchester); US (Sheffield University): YU (University of York)

  
     
  Play Title (alphabetical) Original Manuscript Revised Manuscript Published Location of Scripts  
  Absent Friends ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (copy)

  
  Absurd Person Singular ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (copy)

  
  Awaking Beauty ü X X

BL (orig): SJT (orig)

  
  Bedroom Farce ü X ü BL (orig); SJT (copy)  
  Body Language (original) ü X X

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  Body Language (1998 version) ü X ü

SJT (orig)

  
  The Boy Who Fell Into A Book ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  By Jeeves ü ü X BL (orig); SJT (orig / rev)  
  Callisto 5 ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  Callisto#7 ü X X

SJT (orig)

  
  The Champion Of Paribanou ü X ü

BL (orig): SJT (orig)

  
  A Chorus Of Disapproval ü X ü BL (orig); SJT (orig)  
  Christmas V Mastermind ü X X

BL (orig); SJT (copy)

  
  Comic Potential ü ü ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig / rev)

  
  Communicating Doors ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  Confusions ü X ü BL (orig); SJT (orig)  
  Dad's Tale ü X X

BL (orig); SJT (copy)

  
  Dreams From A Summer House ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  Drowning On Dry Land ü X ü BL (orig); SJT (orig)  
  Family Circles ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (copy)

  
  FlatSpin ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  GamePlan ü X ü BL (orig); SJT (orig)  
  Garden ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  House & Garden ü ü ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig / rev)

  
  Haunting Julia (one act version) ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  Haunting Julia (two act version) ü X X SJT (orig)  
  Henceforward... ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  House ü ü ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig / rev)

  
  House & Garden ü ü ü

BL (orig): SJT (orig / rev)

  
  How The Other Half Loves ü X ü BL (orig); SJT (copy)  
  If I Were You ü X X

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  Improbable Fiction ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  Intimate Exchanges A Pageant ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  Intimate Exchanges Affairs In A Tent ü X ü BL (orig); SJT (orig)  
  Intimate Exchanges A Game Of Golf ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  Intimate Exchanges Events On A Hotel Terrace ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  Intimate Exchanges Love In The Mist ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  Intimate Exchanges A Village Fete ü X ü BL (orig); SJT (orig)  
  Intimate Exchanges A Cricket Match ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  Intimate ExchangesA One Man Protest ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  Invisible Friends ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  It Could Be Any One Of Us (original) ü X X BL (orig); SJT (orig)  
  It Could Be Any One Of Us (1996 version) ü X ü

SJT (orig)

  
  Jeeves ü X X

BL (orig)

  
  Joking Apart ü ü ü

BL (orig); SJT (copy)

  
  The Jollies ü X ü BL (orig); SJT (orig)  
  Just Between Ourselves ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  Life And Beth ü X X

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  Living Together ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (copy)

  
  Love After All ü X X BL (orig); SJT (copy)  
  Making Tracks ü X X

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  Man Of The Moment ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  Miss Yesterday ü X X

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  Mr Whatnot ü X ü BL (orig); SJT (copy)  
  The Musical Jigsaw Play ü X X

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  My Sister Sadie ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  My Very Own Story ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  The Norman Conquests (trilogy) ü X ü BL (orig); SJT (copy)  
  Orvin - Champion Of Champions ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  Private Fears In Public Places ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  Relatively Speaking ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (copy)

  
  The Revengers' Comedies pt.1 ü X ü BL (orig); SJT (orig)  
  The Revengers' Comedies pt.2 ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  RolePlay ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  Round And Round The Garden ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  Season's Greetings ü X ü BL (orig); SJT (orig)  
  Sisterly Feelings (Abigail version) ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  Sisterly Feelings (Dorcas version) ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  A Small Family Business ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  Snake In The Grass ü X ü BL (orig); SJT (orig)  
  The Sparrow ü X X

BL (orig); SJT (copy)

  
  The Square Cat ü X X

BL (orig); Rylands (orig); SJT (copy)

  
  Standing Room Only ü ü X

BL (orig); SJT (copy)

  
  Suburban Strains ü ü ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig / rev)

  
  Sugar Daddies ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  Taking Steps ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  Ten Times Table ü ü ü BL (orig); SJT (orig / rev)  
  Table Manners ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (copy)

  
  Things We Do For Love ü ü ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig / rev)

  
  This Is Where We Came In ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  Time And Time Again ü X ü BL (orig); SJT (copy)  
  Time Of My Life ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  Virtual Reality ü X X

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  Way Upstream ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  Whenever ü X ü BL (orig); SJT (orig)  
  Wildest Dreams ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  Woman In Mind ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  A Word From Our Sponsor ü X ü

BL (orig); SJT (orig)

  
  A Word From Our Sponsor (vocal score) ü X ü BL (orig); SJT (orig)  
             
  The Revues (alphabetical) Original Manuscript Revised Manuscript Published Edition

Notes

  
  Boy Meets Girl / Girl Meets Boy ü X N/A    
  Cheap And Cheerful ü X N/A    
  First Course ü X N/A Photocopy of the original script  
  Incidental Music ü X N/A    
  Me, Myself And I ü X ü    
  Men On Women On Men ü X N/A    
  Second Helping ü X N/A    
  The Seven Deadly Virtues ü X N/A    
  The Westwoods: His Side ü X N/A    
  The Westwoods: Her Side ü X N/A    
             
  The Adaptations (alphabetical) Original Manuscript Revised Manuscript Published Edition

Notes

  
  The Forest X X ü    
  Tons Of Money ü X ü    
  A Trip To Scarborough ü ü N/A    
  Wolf At The Door ü X ü    
             
  Plays For Children And Young People Original Manuscript Revised Manuscript Published Edition

Notes

  
  Ernie's Incredible Illucinations X X ü    
  The Girl Who Lost Her Voice ü X N/A    
  Gizmo ü X ü    
  The Inside Outside Slide Show ü X ü    
  Miranda's Magic Mirror ü X N/A    
  The Princess And The Mouse ü X N/A    
  The Ten Magic Bridges ü X N/A    
             
  The Grey Plays Original Manuscript Revised Manuscript Published Edition

Notes

  
  Backnumbers X X N/A    
  Between The Lines ü X N/A    
  Double Hitch ü X N/A Scan of the original script  
  Dracula ü X N/A    
  An Evening With PALOS ü X N/A Original script held in private collection  
  Follow The Lover ü X N/A    
  The Jubilee Show ü X N/A    
  Love Undertaken X X