Life and Beth

Life and Beth
Written byAlan Ayckbourn
CharactersBeth
Gordon
Connie
David
Martin
Ella
Date premiered22 July 2008
Place premieredStephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Original languageEnglish
SeriesThings That Go Bump
SubjectGhosts, marriage, closure
GenreComedy
SettingBeth's sitting room
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Ayckbourn chronology
If I Were You
(2006)
Awaking Beauty
(2008)

Life and Beth is a 2008 play by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn. It was written as a third part of a trilogy named Things That Go Bump, uniting the cast of the first two plays: Haunting Julia (1994) and Snake in the Grass (2002). It is about a recently bereaved widow, Beth, troubled by her family's misguided support and a late husband who won't leave her alone.