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Season's Greetings

By: Alan Ayckbourn
Narrated by: Bill Nighy, Frances Barber, Full Cast, Geoffrey Palmer, John Sessions, Phil Daniels
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About this listen

 Christmas is the season of good cheer and harmony among men, but things are not working out quite that way in the Bunker household. As a motley collection of friends and relatives fill the house with their own wishes, dreams and attitudes, the stage is set for seasonal disharmony and romantic intrigue. It’s Christmas Eve and while Belinda is rushing around decorating the tree and seeing to all the guests and their needs, Eddie and Pattie are having a serious bust-up. Added to all of this, Bernard is conducting a chaotic rehearsal of his annual gift for the children - a puppet show of The Three Little Pigs - as his wife, Phyllis gets quietly sloshed in the kitchen on the cooking wine. Then something disastrous occurs... Drama & Plays European Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literary History & Criticism World Literature Christmas Winter Funny
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Where does Season's Greetings (Classic Radio Theatre) rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I have read and see this several times, but still get great pleasure from listening to the audio here, a great adaption.

Who was your favorite character and why?

The entire cast is great, I could not pick out one above the others. This is a classic

Which scene did you most enjoy?

I really enjoy the subtle and intelligent dialogue

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Chritsmas will never be the same again

Any additional comments?

This is a classic, if you don't know it you are missing out.

One of the best

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Just seems all over the place does not follow a clear story just seems all jumbled up dissapointing. After reading reviews thought it would be a good listen sadly not

Bizzare

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I can see why some found the play difficult to follow. Having recently seen the play I could visualise the various scenes, after all a farce is more of a visual experience.
The performance of the actors was spot on. An improvement to the audio version would be to title each act, for example 'Boxing Day' and 'Next Morning' that would help those who have not seen a permormance and are hearing it for the first time.
Alan Ayckbourn is the master of farce and this is another of his gems.

Brilliant cast and writing

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Conjures up the sort of Christmas family gathering we all fear. Even if your family is quite different Ayckbourn conjures up something which seems horribly familiar.

A classic suburban farce

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A once a year event + alcohol = atrocious behaviour. The usual scenario for a farce, but a great cast made sure it barrelled along blithely. Good entertainment.

Feel good about your own Christmas

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