Bond Plays: 8: Born; People; Chair; Existence; The Under Room (Contemporary Dramatists)

ISBN: 0413775836

Author: Bond, Edward

Condition: New

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 essayBorn: 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 TetralogyChair: 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.