Dramatic Strategies in the Plays of Edward Bond
Dramatic Strategies in the Plays of Edward Bond
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USDEdward Bond is considered one of Britain's most important and innovative playwrights today. In this book, Jenny Spencer presents an in-depth examination of Bond's work and sheds new light on the state of contemporary British drama. Rather than a chronological discussion, Spencer evaluates the plays through the dramatic strategies and techniques which are key elements in Bond's theatre. In a fascinating analysis of the plays as well as previously unpublished material, and in discussion with the playwright himself, Spencer provides insights into Edward Bond and his style of theatre.
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"...the most successful thematic and stylistic 'close reading' of Bond's major plays, from The Pope's Wedding through The War Plays....Dramatic Strategies in the Plays of Edward Bond is required reading for anyone interested in Bond's plays...." W. B. Worthen, Contemporary Literature
Product details
December 2006Paperback
9780521034890
288 pages
228 × 152 × 15 mm
0.438kg
11 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Violence and voyeurism
- 3. Rereading history
- 4. Rewriting classics
- 5. Political parables
- 6. Social pleasures
- 7. Reading the present
- 8. Remembering the future
- Notes
- Index.
