Private Fears in Public Places

Private Fears in Public Places
Written byAlan Ayckbourn
CharactersNicola
Stewart
Dan
Ambrose
Charlotte
Imogen
Arthur (voice only)
Date premiered17 August 2004
Place premieredStephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Original languageEnglish
SubjectVarious
GenreDrama
SettingVarious homes, bars and workplaces
Official site
Ayckbourn chronology
Drowning on Dry Land
(2004)
Miss Yesterday
(2004)

Private Fears in Public Places is a 2004 play by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn. The bleakest play written by Ayckbourn for many years, it intimately follows a few days in the lives of six characters, in four tightly-interwoven stories through 54 scenes.

In 2006, it was made into a film Cœurs, directed by Alain Resnais.