Living Together

Summary

1977 Thames Television production for ITV of the Alan Ayckbourn trilogy of plays under the title The Norman Conquests (namely, Table Manners, Living Together and Round and Round the Garden).

Theatre play

Living Together (part 2 of the 3-part The Norman Conquests) by Alan Ayckbourn [more information]

Play synopsis

The Norman Conquests trilogy: three comedies ‘depicting the events of a single weekend from the perspective of three locations (dining room, living room and garden) as assistant librarian Norman tries to bring happiness to the lives of the three women present at the house with varying results.' Source: http://thenormanconquests.alanayckbourn.net/.

Production history

First staged 25 June 1973.

Date of transmission

Wednesday 12 October 1977

Time

8.00-10.00pm

Channel

ITV

Production company

Thames Television (1968-1992)

Credits

Director

Herbert Wise

Producers

Verity Lambert, David Susskind

Playwright

Alan Ayckbourn

Designer

David Marshall

Cast

Richard Briers	Reg
Tom Conti	Norman
Penelope Keith	Sarah
David Troughton	Tom
Fiona Walker	Ruth
Penelope Wilton	Annie

Additional details

Play tags

comedy

Print sources

Title

The Norman Conquests: Adaptations in Other Media (Website)

Reference

http://thenormanconquests.alanayckbourn.net/styled-9/page17.html

Title

The Norman Conquests: Alan Ayckbourn Discusses the Television Adaptation (Website)

Author/creator

Alan Ayckbourn (Author)

Reference

http://thenormanconquests.alanayckbourn.net/styled-9/styled-11/index.html

Title

TV Times, 6 October 1977 (Magazine)

Linking notes

illustrated listing on p. 61

Associated programmes

Table Manners (Thames Television, 1977)
Table Manners (part 1 of the 3-part The Norman Conquests) by Alan Ayckbourn
ITV

Round and Round the Garden (Thames Television, 1977)
Round and Round the Garden (part 3 of the 3-part The Norman Conquests) by Alan Ayckbourn
ITV