A Small Family Business
A Small Family Business is a play by Alan Ayckbourn about the eponymous business and dealing with the Thatcherism of the time. It premiered at the Olivier stage of the Royal [National Theatre] on 20 May 1987, where it won the Evening Standard Award for Best Play for that year. Its Broadway premiere occurred on 27 April 1992.
Radio adaptation
A radio adaptation directed by Martin Jarvis was broadcast at 8 p.m. on Sunday 12 April 2009 on BBC Radio 3 as part of the celebrations of its author's 70th birthday that day. Its cast included:- Jack McCraken – Alfred Molina
- Benedict – Adam Godley
- Poppy – Rosalind Ayres
- Anita – Joanne Whalley
- Cliff – Kenneth Danziger
- Ken – Roy Dotrice
- Yvonne – Millicent Martin
- Harriet – Jill Gascoine
- Desmond – Julian Sands
- Roy – Darren Richardson
- Tina – Moira Quirk
- Samantha – Fuchsia Sumner
- The five Rivetti brothers – Matthew Wolf