Written by: Alan Ayckbourn
Produced by: Sonia Friedman Productions & others
"THE NORMAN CONQUESTS generates profound happiness in audiences. It is so damn funny it cripples you with laughter. I know the question you want to ask -- Which play should I see? You can't lose with any one, but go see all three, lucky theatergoer, and you win big." - Ben Brantley, The New York Times
"Matthew Warchus has spun COMIC GOLD, with utmost clarity and actorly fireworks. The cast is never less than AWE-INSPIRING." - Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Post
"*****! Out of this world! uncontrollable laughter! This gold-standard revival is A real treat!" - Joe Dziemianowicz, Daily News
"A comic masterpiece. I doubt I've ever laughed longer or harder. The best way to see the razor sharp THE NORMAN CONQUESTS is in a single gulp. I'll be surprised if the remaining trilogy performances don't sell out in a matter of days, SO GET CRACKING." - Terry Teachout
"Alan Ayckbourn's trilogy DELIVERS MORE LAUGHS THAN OUGHT TO BE LEGAL. It's an ENDLESS VALLEY OF JOKES, with HILARIOUS peaks and contemplative valleys. Richly rewarding, it's like a Rubik's Cube with humor and heart, its structural INGENUITY matched by an EXCEPTIONAL CAST and supple direction." - David Rooney, Variety
"A TRIPLE DOSE OF SUPERB COMEDY! Seeing one play in The Norman Conquests is a pleasure. Watching a second is even better. Add a third and you will get the full force of Alan Ayckbourn's expert theatrical delirium!" - Associated Press
"Grade: A. The Norman Conquests is masterful. Three plays, six characters...infinite possibilities. Will you want to see all of them? Given the smashing production, the answer is an unqualified yes." - Melissa Rose Bernardo, Entertainment Weekly
"THREE TIMES THE FUN. Seldom has a comedy crossed our shores that produced the kind of GUT SPLITTING LAUGHTER heard in Alan Ayckbourn's MASTERFUL play. I'd have to go back to the original 'Noises Off' on Broadway to recall such a COMICALLY CONSUMMATE PRODUCTION. In this TRIUMPHANT 'Norman Conquests,' EVERYONE WINS." - Roma Torre, NY1
"****! (FOUR STARS) The Norman Conquests is a remarkable invention, generating superior laughter! One's slaphappy involvement grows from play to play, until one finds oneself howlingly absorbed in their thrashings and belly-flops!" - John Simon, Bloomberg News
"UPROARIOUS! ALL THREE PLAYS HAVE MELTED IN MY MEMORY INTO ONE DELICIOUS THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE!" - Dan Kois, New York
"One of the MOST HILARIOUS DAYS AND NIGHTS I'VE EVER SPEND IN A THEATER. I WOULDN'T HAVE MISSED A SECOND. YOU SHOULD SEE ALL THREE. A TRANSCENDENTLY JOYFUL OCCASION, directed with GENIUS-LIKE IMAGINATION and resourcefulness." - Robert Feldberg, The Record