Selections from the Notebooks Of Edward Bond: Volume One 1959-1980 (Diaries, Letters and Essays) - Hardcover

Bond, Edward

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0413705005 ISBN 13: 9780413705006

Publisher: Methuen Drama, 2000

Synopsis

Volume one of Edward Bond's notebooks charts the progress of his work, from 1959, when his plays were first produced at the Royal Court Theatre, to 1980, when he had achieved fame as a major writer. As well as commenting on his plays, it also considers his poems and stories.

Exploring the meeting point between politics and the art of the writer, Bond's notes offer a rare insight into one of the theatre's foremost thinkers whilst charting the creative progress of his work between 1959 and 1980. As well as providing a detailed commentary on his plays, the notebooks also contain early play drafts, poems and stories, his thoughts on life, art, Brecht, dramatic method and censorship. "1 August 1965: I would do almost anything to prevent my play [Saved] being banned except alter one comma at the request of the Lord Chamberlain." Edward Bond is "a great playwright - many, particularly in continental Europe, would say the greatest living English playwright" (Independent)

About this title

About the Author:

Edward Bond is widely regarded as the UK's greatest and most influently 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).

Review:

“A great playwright - many, particularly in continental Europe, would say the greatest living English playwright” ―Independent

About this edition

• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0413705005
• ISBN 13: 9780413705006
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 236
• Editor: Stuart Ian