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The Jollies

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The Jollies
Written byAlan Ayckbourn
CharactersPolly
Billy
Jilly
Mr. Magico
Rambo
Date premiered3 December 2002
Place premieredStephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Original languageEnglish
SubjectMagic
GenreChildren's
SettingBilly Jollie's seventh birthday
Official site
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.

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