Standard Award, Best Play, for A Small Family Business 1987: Plays and Players Award 1987: Honorary Doctor of Letters degree (Litt.D.) from Keele University 1987: Honorary Doctor of Letters degree (Litt.D.) from University of Leeds 1987: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) 1989: Evening Standard Award, Best Comedy, for Henceforward... 1990: Evening Standard Award, Best Comedy, for Man of the Moment 1997: Knight Bachelor 1998: Honorary Doctor of the University degree (D.Univ.) from Open University 2008: Induction into the American Theater Hall of Fame 2009: Laurence Olivier Special Award 2009: The Critics' Circle annual award for Distinguished Service to the Arts 2011: Honorary Doctor of Letters degree (Litt.D.) from York St. John University Ayckbourn also sits on the Council of the Society of Authors. Works Full-length plays One-act plays Alan Ayckbourn has written eight one-act plays. Five of them (Mother Figure, Drinking Companion, Between Mouthfuls, Gosforth's Fete and Widows Might) were written for Confusions, first performed in 1974. The other three one-act plays are: Countdown, first performed in 1962, most well known as part of Mixed Doubles, a set of short one-act plays and monologues contributed by nine different authors. Ernie's Incredible Illucinations, written in 1969 for a collection of short plays and intended for performance by schools. A Cut in the Rates, performed at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in 1984, and filmed for a BBC documentary. Books Ayckbourn, Alan (2019) The Divide. UK: PS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-786364-47-0. Film adaptations of Ayckbourn plays Plays adapted as films include: A Chorus of Disapproval (play) filmed as A Chorus of Disapproval (1988 film), directed by Michael Winner; Intimate Exchanges (play) filmed as Smoking/No Smoking (1993 film), directed by Alain Resnais; The Revengers' Comedies (play) filmed as The Revengers' Comedies (also known as Sweet Revenge), directed by Malcolm Mowbray; Private Fears in Public Places (play) filmed as Cœurs (2006 film) directed by Alain Resnais. Life of Riley (play) filmed as Life of Riley (2014 film) directed by Alain Resnais. Notes References External links Archival material at 1939 births Living people English dramatists and playwrights Knights Bachelor Commanders of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College Laurence Olivier Award winners People from Scarborough, North Yorkshire People from Hampstead Fellows of St Catherine's College, Oxford Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature 20th-century British dramatists and playwrights 21st-century British dramatists and playwrights English male dramatists