"'The greatest of post-war British playwrights' Lyn Gardiner, Guardian"
Edward Bond Plays:8 brings together recent work by the writer of the classic stage plays Saved, Lear, The Pope's Wedding, and Early Morning. The volume comprises five new plays and two prose essays: Two Cups: introductory essay Born: the third play in the Colline Tetralogy (the first two of which appear in Edward Bond Plays:7); premiering at the Avignon Festival in July 2006. People: the fourth play in the Colline Tetralogy Chair: first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2000. Existence: first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2002. The Under Room: first staged by Big Brum in October 2005; 'an intricate puzzle that is compelling in both its intellectual and emotional intensity'5 stars (Guardian) Freedom and Drama: an extended disquisition on the relationship of drama to the self and society in which Bond argues that drama alone can create human meaning.
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Comprises five plays and two prose essays. The plays in this title include: Born, the third play in the Colline Tetralogy; People, the fourth play in the "Colline Tetralogy; Chair, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2000; Existence, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2002; and The Under Room.
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Born; People; Chair; Existence; The Under Room
An extremely influential British playwright, Bond endures as one of the towering figures of contemporary British theatre. His plays are read at schools and university level: Saved, Lear and Restoration have all become classics. "A new play by one of Britain's greatest playwrights is an event" Carole Woddis, Times Educational Supplement "Edward Bond is the most radical playwright to emerge from the sixties ... the most savagely powerful dramatist writing today ... Bond's plays cannot be ignored" Independent
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An extremely influential British playwright, Bond endures as one of the towering figures of contemporary British theatre. His plays are read at schools and university level: Saved, Lear and Restoration have all become classics.
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The Contemporary Dramatists series celebrates the work of individual writers, bringing together into single volumes a number of plays from their oeuvre. Each volume includes a chronology of the writer's work and an introduction to the plays featured. The series is truly international with collections from leading French, German, Italian and American writers, as well as the best of British playwrights. Taken as a whole, it represents an index of great contemporary playwriting.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780413775832
Publisert
2006-12-12
Utgiver
Vendor
Methuen Drama
Vekt
200 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
16 mm
Aldersnivå
G, U, P, 01, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
240
Forfatter