Roundelay: Statistics

This page contains the statistics for every public performance of Alan Ayckbourn’s play Roundelay during 2014. The play has five parts (The Agent, The Judge, The Novelist, The Politician, The Star) and the order they are performed in is decided by a random public draw half-an-hour before the performance.
This list offers the chance to see how many of the possible 120 permutation of Roundelay were performed and how many repeat permutations were performed during its original 2014 run.
The list includes: the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough (35 performances); the New Vic, Newcastle-under Lyme (19 performances); the Old Laundry Theatre, Bowness-on-Windemere (15 performances).

SJT
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
New Vic
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
Old Laundry
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69

Repeat of…

9

4

21

33

3

27
22

33, 42
21, 28

22, 49

37
40

22,49,55
34

18
59
22,49,55,62

Politician
Novelist
Politician
Star
Politician
Judge
Judge
Politician
Star
Agent
Agent
Star
Politician
Politician
Judge
Star
Star
Judge
Agent
Novelist
Novelist
Agent
Judge
Star
Star
Novelist
Star
Novelist
Agent
Star
Judge
Agent
Star
Star
Novelist

Agent
Novelist
Star
Star
Novelist
Judge
Star
Novelist
Judge
Politician
Politician
Agent
Star
Agent
Agent
Star
Novelist
Star
Novelist

Agent
Star
Novelist
Novelist
Agent
Star
Politician
Agent
Star
Politician
Judge
Agent
Agent
Politician
Agent

Novelist
Politician
Star
Novelist
Star
Novelist
Star
Novelist
Agent
Judge
Novelist
Agent
Judge
Agent
Agent
Judge
Novelist
Novelist
Novelist
Star
Judge
Politician
Star
Judge
Judge
Agent
Novelist
Judge
Star
Politician
Politician
Star
Politician
Politician
Agent

Novelist
Agent
Agent
Novelist
Judge
Agent
Politician
Judge
Politician
Star
Star
Judge
Novelist
Politician
Politician
Politician
Judge
Agent
Judge

Politician
Novelist
Agent
Judge
Judge
Judge
Novelist
Politician
Politician
Judge
Novelist
Judge
Politician
Agent
Judge

Agent
Star
Novelist
Agent
Judge
Agent
Politician
Judge
Novelist
Politician
Politician
Novelist
Agent
Judge
Novelist
Novelist
Agent
Star
Judge
Agent
Star
Judge
Agent
Novelist
Politician
Star
Politician
Star
Judge
Judge
Star
Novelist
Judge
Novelist
Judge

Star
Star
Judge
Politician
Politician
Novelist
Judge
Agent
Agent
Novelist
Judge
Star
Politician
Judge
Star
Judge
Star
Novelist
Politician

Judge
Judge
Star
Politician
Politician
Agent
Judge
Judge
Novelist
Novelist
Star
Politician
Judge
Novelist
Star

Judge
Judge
Agent
Judge
Agent
Star
Agent
Agent
Judge
Novelist
Star
Judge
Novelist
Novelist
Star
Politician
Judge
Politician
Politician
Politician
Agent
Star
Novelist
Agent
Novelist
Politician
Judge
Agent
Novelist
Novelist
Novelist
Judge
Agent
Judge
Politician

Judge
Judge
Novelist
Agent
Star
Politician
Agent
Politician
Novelist
Agent
Novelist
Novelist
Judge
Star
Novelist
Agent
Agent
Politician
Agent

Star
Agent
Judge
Star
Star
Novelist
Star
Star
Judge
Star
Politician
Star
Star
Judge
Politician

Star
Agent
Judge
Politician
Novelist
Politician
Novelist
Star
Politician
Star
Judge
Politician
Star
Star
Politician
Agent
Politician
Agent
Star
Judge
Politician
Novelist
Politician
Politician
Agent
Judge
Agent
Politician
Politician
Agent
Agent
Politician
Novelist
Agent
Star

Politician
Politician
Politician
Judge
Agent
Star
Novelist
Star
Star
Judge
Agent
Politician
Agent
Novelist
Judge
Novelist
Politician
Judge
Star

Novelist
Politician
Politician
Agent
Novelist
Politician
Agent
Novelist
Agent
Agent
Agent
Novelist
Novelist
Star
Novelist

For those interested in how many times each play was performed in a particular position within Roundelay, the table below illustrates this during the 2014 run.

Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th

The Star
20
9
12
14
14

The Novelist
13
15
14
13
14

The Judge
9
18
8
15
19

The Agent
16
12
16
15
10

The Politician
11
15
20
11
12

Note: Although the Stephen Joseph Theatre did tour the original production of Roundelay for four weeks in 2015, those details have not been added to the statistics above. This is because for certain venues, the company performed only four of the five plays each night and, without the playwright’s knowledge, the results were fudged at one venue to ensure that the four plays chosen always included The Judge.

All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd. With thanks to the Stephen Joseph Theatre’s Roundelay stage management team for their help with the statistics on this page.