Invisible Friends
Feb 2015 · A Harry & Lil Story Book 2 · Faber & Faber
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Alan Ayckbourn's play is about a very ordinary teenager called Lucy. With her father glued to the cowboys on the telly, her mother preoccupied with neighbourly gossip and her brother enclosed in his ear-phones, no one wants to know about her place in the school swimming team. So Lucy revives her childhood fantasy friend, Zara, setting a place for her at the very ordinary tea table. This time Zara materializes, bringing with her an idealized father and brother, and showing Lucy how to make her real family vanish. The moral of this cautionary tale is carefully spelt out - that when you get what you want it's not what you wanted - as Lucy's dream family turns out to be a nightmare. The play is supposedly for children of seven upwards, but there's a message here for parents, too, about listening to kids.
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01 December 2018
The play named "Invisible Friends" reflects a neglectful family, which doesn't care about their daughter and we can come across in most ordinary houses in this era even though the book was written in 1989. The play has simple language, which makes it understandable. However, I can't say that I like how the play is connected to resolution part; it could have been better, I think. To make an overall comment on the play, it is definitely worth reading. Thank you for reflecting such parents in a clear way in the play, Allan Ayckbourn. I am looking forward to reading your other plays, too.
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