Ayckbourn Play Recordings & Adaptations

The Revengers' Comedies

This page contains details of recordings and adaptations of Alan Ayckbourn's play The Revengers' Comedies in media other than the stage (such as TV, film and radio). To find out more about the play The Revengers' Comedies, visit the Plays section here.

Note: None of these recordings are available.

Radio (1996)

Broadcast:
Part 1: 1 June 1996
Part 2: 8 June 1996
Time: 7.50pm
Channel: BBC Radio 4
Duration: 90mins each
Production: BBC

Availability
Cassette: Not available
CD: Not available
Digital: Not available
Director
Adaptation

Character
Karen Knightly
Henry Bell
Imogen Staxton-Billing
Oliver Knightly
Bruce Tick
Colonel Lipscott
Winnie
Anthony Staxton-Billing
Percy Cutting
Norma
Lady Ganton
Daphne Teale
Lydia Lucas
Mrs Bulley
Tracey Willingforth
Veronica Webb
Jeremy Pride
Motorcyclist
Gordon House
Richard Wigmore

Actor
Lia Williams
Jon Strickland
Barbara Flynn
Adam Godley
Jeff Shankley
Jack May
Jenny Howe
George Parsons
Malcolm Ward
Deborah Berlin
Margaret John
Tina Gray
Natasha Pyne
Christine Millward
Susanna Corbett
Jennifer Piercey
Derek Waring
Ian Masters

Film (1998)

Released: 1998
Country: UK
Duration: 82 mins
Title (UK): The Revengers’ Comedies
Title (USA): Sweet Revenge

Production: BBC
Production: Artisan
Production: IMA

Availability
Video: Not available
DVD: 2012 (deleted)
Blu-ray: Not available
Digital: Not available
Director
Adaptation
Photography
Editing
Design
Design
Music
Sound

Character
Henry Bell
Karen Knightly
Imogen Staxton-Billing
Oliver Knightly
Anthony Staxton-Billing
Bruce Tick
Col. Marcus
Winnie
Daphne Teal
Norma
Percy Cutting
Hilary Tick
Lydia
Damien Tick
Malcolm Mowbray
Malcolm Mowbray
Romain Winding
Barrie Vince
Stuart Walker
Diane Dancklefsen
Alexandre Desplat
Peter Glossop

Actor
Sam Neill
Helena Bonham Carter
Kristin Scott Thomas
Rupert Graves
Martin Clunes
Steve Coogan
John Wood
Liz Smith
Anita Dobson
Charlotte Coleman
Adrian Scarborough
Sandra Reinton
Zoe Hilson
Jamie O'Brien
Note: The Revengers' Comedies runs for just 82 minutes; in context the original stage production of The Revengers' Comedies ran longer than 5 hours. This production is frequently mistaken for a television adaptation, but initially it had a limited cinema release in the UK, France and North America.
All research for this page is by Simon Murgatroyd and should not be reproduced without permission.