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Sitting in his Scarborough home that once belonged to the "extraordinary" Stephen Joseph, playwright Sir Alan Ayckbourn reflects on his career.

Playwright Alan Ayckbourn, who directed Gambon in his Olivier Award-winning performance in “A View From the Bridge,” accurately eulogized his acting as a form of “spontaneous combustion.”

He quickly became well-known for his work in a number of Alan Ayckbourn plays.

His devotion to the stage paid off in 1974 when he was cast as Tom in Alan Ayckbourn's trilogy, The Norman Conquests.

And as Blair's acting career progressed, he performed Stoppard and Ayckbourn.