| Communicating Doors | |
| Characters: | Poopay Julian Reece Ruella Harold Jessica |
| Setting: | A hotel suite, in 1974, 1994 and 2014 |
| Premiere: | 2 February 1994[1] |
| Place: | Stephen Joseph Theatre (Westwood), Scarborough |
| Orig Lang: | English |
| Subject: | Time travel, changing history |
| Genre: | Comedy/Thriller |
| Web: | http://communicatingdoors.alanayckbourn.net/ |
| Chronology: | Ayckbourn |
| Last Play: | Dreams from a Summer House (1992) |
| Next Play: | Haunting Julia (1994) |
Communicating Doors is a play written in 1994 by Alan Ayckbourn. The setting is a hotel suite that moves through time from 1974 to 2014. The central character, Poopay, must save herself from the murderous Julian by preventing the murders of Reece's two wives.
Characters
| Character | Stephen Joseph Theatre (Original Production) (1992) | Gielgud Theatre (1995) | Savoy Theatre (1996) | Variety Arts Theatre (off-Broadway) (1998) | Menier Chocolate Factory (2015) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poopay/Phoebe | Adie Allen | Jane Slavin | Mary-Louise Parker | Rachel Tucker | |
| Julian | Richard Durden | Ken Bones | Gerrit Graham | David Bamber | |
| Reece | John Hudson | Laurence Kennedy | Tom Backett | Robert Portal | |
| Ruella | Liz Crowther | Julia McKenzie | Patricia Hodges | Imogen Stubbs | |
| Harold | Nick Stringer | John Arthur | David McCallum | Matthew Cottle | |
| Jessica | Sarah Markland | Eleanor Tremain | Candy Buckley | Lucy Briggs-Owen |
