Snake in the Grass (play)

Snake in the Grass
Written byAlan Ayckbourn
CharactersAnnabel Chester
Miriam Chester
Alice Moody
Date premiered5 June 2002
Place premieredStephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Original languageEnglish
SeriesThings That Go Bump
SubjectGhosts, child abuse, domestic violence
GenreBlack Comedy
SettingThe garden of Chesters' house
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Ayckbourn chronology
RolePlay
(Damsels in Distress)
2001
The Jollies
2002

Snake in the Grass is a 2002 play by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn. The play is about a middle-aged older sister who returns to the family home where her younger sister still lives, shortly after their abusive father's death. It was written as a female companion piece to the 1994 ghost play Haunting Julia,[1] and in 2008 these two plays, together with new play Life and Beth were folded into a trilogy named Things That Go Bump.