The Jollies

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The Jollies
Written by	Alan Ayckbourn
Characters	Polly Billy Jilly Mr. Magico Rambo
Date premiered	3 December 2002
Place premiered	Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Original language	English
Subject	Magic
Genre	Children's
Setting	Billy Jollie's seventh birthday
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Ayckbourn chronology
Snake in the Grass 2002 Sugar Daddies 2003

The Jollies is a 2002 children's play by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn. It is about a young girl, Polly Jollie, where a magic trick gone awry at her brother's birthday party causes her brother, Billy, to age 25 years, and her mother, Jilly, to become 25 years younger. The play is viewed by some as the inspiration for his 2006 adult play If I Were You.