Bond Plays: 2

The internationally acclaimed dramatist Edward Bond endures as one of the towering figures of contemporary British theatre. His plays are read at schools and university level. "e;Edward Bond is the most radical playwright to have emerged from the sixties"e;Lear - "e;Bond's greatest (and biggest) play ... It is even more topical now and will become more so as man's inhumanity gains subtle sophistication with the twenty-first century's approach"e; (The Times); The Sea - "e;It blends wild farce with tragedy and ends with a sliver of hope ... what makes the play fascinating is Bond's bleak poetry and social comedy"e; (Guardian); Narrow Road to the Deep North - "e;His best piece so far ... No one else could have written it"e; (The Times); Black Mass, written for performance at an anti-apartheid demonstration: "e;A Georg Grosz picture come to life ... the only possible kind of artistic imagery through which to speak of such evil"e; (Listener); Passion - a play for CND: "e;Mingles comedy and high anger with absolute sureness."e; (Guardian)Edward Bond is "e;one of our outstanding playwrights ... He is already an acknowledged classic"e; (Plays and Players)