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Sitting on separate benches in a public park, five disparate individuals attempt to find a sympathetic ear. Each character escapes a person trying to talk to them, only to sit next to someone else and inflict their own monologue upon them. confusions alan ayckbourn script pdf top
Confusions is a portmanteau play comprising five distinct one-acts: Mother Figure , Drinking Companion , Between Mouthfuls , Gosforth’s Fête , and A Talk in the Park . While each play functions perfectly as a standalone piece, they are bound together by a single overarching theme: the profound human inability to communicate. Are you a looking for staging ideas, or
The genius of Confusions lies in its structure. Each play can stand alone, but together they form a thematic arc from the private sphere (home) to the public sphere (park), via the semi-public spaces of bars, restaurants, and fetes. Confusions is a portmanteau play comprising five distinct