Selections from the Notebooks of Edward Bond, Volume 2: 1980-1995

by Edward Bond

Overview

This second volume of Edward Bond's notebooks covers the period from Restoration, his historic drama with songs, to Eleven Vests, his play for young people written for Big Brum Theatre-in-Education

"There is a cliché - which is also false - that all creative writing is autobiographical. If I were to be asked when you write do you write about your life I would answer when I write I am living my life."

Including first drafts of plays, ideas and thoughts on characters, themes, actions and dramatic technique, this selection of notes provides a glimpse into the working mind of one of the world's most provocative playwrights. Alongside the commentaries on the plays, Bond's notes also contain stories and poems. His philosophy on theatre and art and his views on the role of the writer in society are included. Emphasis is given to Bond's critical response to political and moral issues such as Thatcherism, the monarchy, nuclear war, Britain's social classes and our definitions of good and evil.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781408169902
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	03/24/2014
Series:	Diaries, Letters and Essays , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Edward Bond is widely regarded as the UK's greatest and most influential playwright. His plays include The Pope's Wedding (Royal Court Theatre, 1962), Saved (Royal Court, 1965), Early Morning (Royal Court, 1968), Lear (Royal Court, 1971), The Sea (Royal Court, 1973), The Fool (Royal Court, 1975), The Woman (National Theatre, 1978), Restoration (Royal Court, 1981) and The War Plays (RSC at the Barbican Pit, 1985).

Table of Contents

	Introduction	vii
1	Restoration	1
2	Summer	34
3	Human Cannon	83
4	The Worlds	112
5	General Notes and Notes for After the Assassinations	119
6	The War Plays	152
7	Jackets	261
8	In the Company of Men	267
9	Eleven Vests	317
	Index	331