TIRANA, July 15 /ATA/ Following its success in Durrës, Elbasan, Fier, Berat and Tirana, the comedy “Relatively Speaking” written by the well-known English playwright Alan Ayckbourn, makes its comeback to the annual summer meeting, in the arena of the ancient amphitheater of Durrës. Featuring in the cast of “Relatively speaking” written by the master of English comedy, Alan Ayckbourn, winner of the “Tony Award” in 2010 and the “Laurence Olivier Award” in 2009, are Gentian Zenelaj, Suela Bako, Ervin Doko and Alesia Xhemalaj. This English comedy continues to be played on the stages of the world’s most important theaters, since its overnight success in 1965.
On the stage of the ancient amphitheater, the play will be directed by Adelina Muça, stage design by Marçela Llana and costumes by Lira Zahiri.
“Relatively Speaking” dates from 1965 and is one of Ayckbourn’s earliest plays; indeed, it was his first big success. It had its Scarborough premiere on 9th July 1965 and was first seen in London’s West End (at the Duke of York’s Theatre) on 29th March 1967. It has been revived many times since then and has always been well received due to its sparkling dialogue and absurd misunderstandings.
It is a play in two acts and has only four characters.
The play opens in Ginny’s London flat which she shares with Greg, her lover. Ginny is on the point of leaving the flat in order to pay a visit, so she says, to her parents in Buckinghamshire. While she is getting her things together, Greg finds a pair of slippers under the bed that he knows are not his. This discovery, which is on a par with the flowers and chocolates that are also evident in the flat, causes him mixed feelings, as the realisation that there could be another man in Ginny’s life evinces a spark of jealousy in him but also leads him to think that this would be a good time to propose marriage in the hope of securing her for himself.
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