This volume is part of a new series of novels, plays and stories at GCSE/Key Stage 4 level, designed to meet the needs of the National Curriculum syllabus. Each text includes an introduction, pre-reading activities, notes and coursework activities. Also provided is a section on the process of writing, often compiled by the author. In this comedy, three couples meet at Christmas in each other's homes three years in succession. Ayckbourn examines the changes that have taken place in their lives over the years. He also exposes the tensions, the desperation and the loneliness that lurk behind the festive laughter.
- ISBN10 0582060206
- ISBN13 9780582060203
- Publish Date 18 February 1991 (first published 1 January 1974)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 October 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Pearson Education Limited
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 144
- Language English