Communicating Doors

Communicating Doors is a play written in 1994 by Alan Ayckbourn. The setting is a hotel suite that moves through time from 1974 to 2014. The central character, Poopay, must save herself from the murderous Julian by preventing the murders of Reece's two wives.

Communicating Doors
Written by	Alan Ayckbourn
Characters	Poopay Julian Reece Ruella Harold Jessica
Date premiered	2 February 1994[1]
Place premiered	Stephen Joseph Theatre (Westwood), Scarborough
Original language	English
Subject	Time travel, changing history
Genre	Comedy/Thriller
Setting	A hotel suite, in 1974, 1994 and 2014
Official site
Ayckbourn chronology
Dreams from a Summer House (1992) Haunting Julia (1994)

Cast and characters

Characters

• Reece (A businessman, aged 30 & 70)
• Jessica (His first wife, aged 25 & 45)
• Ruella (His second wife, aged 45)
• Julian (His business associate, aged 45 & 65)
• Poopay (Phoebe) (A prostitute, aged 33)
• Harold (A house detective, aged 35 & 55)

Character	Stephen Joseph Theatre (Original Production) (1992)	Gielgud Theatre (1995)	Savoy Theatre (1996)	Variety Arts Theatre (off-Broadway) (1998)	Menier Chocolate Factory (2015)
Poopay/Phoebe	Adie Allen		Jane Slavin	Mary-Louise Parker	Rachel Tucker
Julian	Richard Durden	Ken Bones		Gerrit Graham	David Bamber
Reece	John Hudson	Laurence Kennedy		Tom Backett	Robert Portal
Ruella	Liz Crowther	Julia McKenzie	Angela Thorne	Patricia Hodges	Imogen Stubbs
Harold	Nick Stringer	John Arthur		David McCallum	Matthew Cottle
Jessica	Sarah Markland		Eleanor Tremain	Candy Buckley	Lucy Briggs-Owen