Whenever

by Alan Ayckbourn

Nasty Uncle kills Nice Uncle, gets Bob the Footman to take the blame and Emily gets away to the future in the Time Machine. She has adventures in 1940s Blitz-torn London where she picks up a couple of friendly passengers and they move to 2010 where Droids rule. They pick up one of the more intelligent Droids (Z1991 = Ziggie) and bump up against The End of Time where the only creature left is Hoombean (Human Being) who is barely able to communicate. So they all return to the 1880s where Emily is just in Time to save Nice Uncle from death and Bob the Butler from being hanged for the murder.

Paperback

Published August 7, 2002

About the author

Sir Alan Ayckbourn is a popular and prolific English playwright. He has written and produced seventy-three full-length plays in Scarborough and London and was, between 1972 and 2009, the artistic director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, where all but four of his plays have received their first performance. More than 40 have subsequently been produced in the West End, at the Royal National Theatre or by the Royal Shakespeare Company since his first hit Relatively Speaking opened at the Duke of York's Theatre in 1967. Major successes include Absurd Person Singular (1975), The Norman Conquests trilogy (1973), Bedroom Farce (1975), Just Between Ourselves (1976), A Chorus of Disapproval (1984), Woman in Mind (1985), A Small Family Business (1987), Man Of The Moment (1988), House & Garden (1999) and Private Fears in Public Places (2004). His plays have won numerous awards, including seven London Evening Standard Awards. They have been translated into over 35 languages and are performed on stage and television throughout the world. Ten of his plays have been staged on Broadway, attracting two Tony nominations, and one Tony award.