Boy Meets Girl / Girl Meets Boy (1985)

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World Premiere: 23 May 1985
Venue: Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough

Description: Revue
Composer: Paul Todd

Synopsis: Two inter-connected musical revues set in a restaurant taking a wry look at relationships.

Published / Available to Stage: No

History

Boy Meets Girl / Girl Meets Boy are interlinked revues by Alan Ayckbourn and the composer Paul Todd; this being their eighth revue together. The two revues were premiered as lunchtime entertainments in the summer of 1985 in the studio at the Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough.

There is no plot as such to Boy Meets Girl / Girl Meets Boy. It is set in a restaurant and offers a wry look at relationships. There are three actors: a man, woman and another actress who does not speak. The songs are not titled and are introduced as part of the narrative, a technique Ayckbourn uses in the vast majority of his full-length plays with music.

Premiere Production Details (1985)

Boy Meets Girl
World premiere: 23 May 1985
Final performance: 17 September 1985

Girl Meets Boy
World premiere: 25 May 1985
Final performance: 19 September 1985

Venue: Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough
Staging: End-stage
Director: Alan Ayckbourn
Musical Director: Paul Todd
Design: Martin Vaughan Lewis
Lighting: Francis Lynch
Musician: Alex Stacey

Company
Caroline Webster
John Hudson
Kathryn-Anne Woodward

Further Reading

Boy Meets Girl / Girl Meets Boy has not been published.

Manuscripts (research & reference)
An original manuscript for Boy Meets Girl / Girl Meets Boy 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
Unseen Ayckbourn (Simon Murgatroyd, Lulu Books, 2023, ISBN 9781447761723)

Reviews
Boy Meets Girl For A Happy Ending (Lynne Curry, Scarborough Evening News, 24 May 1985)
A Harsh Look At Love (Scarborough Evening News, 7 June 1985)
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