 Entertainmentwise | Ayckbourn Suffers Stroke, Luscombe Exchanges Whatsonstage.com - Prolific playwright and director Alan Ayckbourn has suffered a stroke. The 66-year-old - who, in 1997, became the first playwright since Terence Rattigan to be knighted by the Queen - is currently recovering in Scarborough Hospital. Ayckbourn Recovering From a Stroke Sir Alan Ayckbourn suffers stroke |