Just Between Ourselves: Frequently Asked Questions
Alan Ayckbourn's Archivist Simon Murgatroyd's answers some of the most frequently asked questions about Alan Ayckbourn's Just Between Ourselves. If you have a question about this or any other of Alan Ayckbourn's plays, you can contact the website via the Contact Us page.Does the car have to be a specific model when producing the play?
No, as long as it's from the period (the 1970s) the play is set in, it does not have to be a specific model of car. Within the play-text, it is defined as a 'small popular car'. For example, in the original production in 1976 it was a Morris Minor and in the Stephen Joseph Theatre in the Round's 1996 revival, it was a Mini Cooper. It just has to be a common car of the period.
Was Just between Ourselves originally performed in-the-round?
No, unusually it was performed three-sided. This was because during the winter 1975 / 1976 winter season when the play premiered at The Library Theatre, Scarborough, the usual Concert Room space was unavailable. The company had to utilise the smaller Large Lecture Room which was too small to allow for a in-the-round production. Alan directed it three-sided and when he later revived it during the summer of 1976 in the Concert Room, rather than re-stage and re-direct it, he kept it in a three-sided configuration. When the play was later revived at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in the Round in 1996, it was performed in-the-round as originally intended when Alan Ayckbourn wrote the play.
Where can I obtain the television or radio adaptations of Just Between Ourselves?
Unfortunately, the television adaptation of Just Between Ourselves is not available to buy. The adaptation has never been released commercially and the playwright is aware of no intention by any media company to release Just Between Ourselves in the foreseeable future. Likewise, neither of the BBC Radio adaptations have been made available commercially nor is the playwright aware of any plans to do so.
All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd.