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Book SynopsisTwo plays of haunting lyricism by one of Scotland's most dynamic playwrights
Trade Review. . . one of the most striking things about Bondagers is just how ground-breaking the play's fusion of rich poetic text, striking physicality and a rhythmic musicality remains. * Herald *
(on Bondagers) . . . Glover's drama has lost none of its energy or timeliness . . . The core of the drama, though, lies in the richness of Glover's script . . . The greatness of Glover's play, though, lies in its refusal to become a straightforward piece of negative social polemic. * Scotsman *
(on Bondagers) . . . contemporary Scottish classic . . . Poetic, musical and elliptical, the play rises organically from the soil, its narrative line about a sexual assault emerging almost accidentally from its imagistic collage. * Guardian *
(on Bondagers) Sue Glover's 1991 play about women agricultural labourers in the Borders in the late 19th century is that rarest of beasts, a Scottish contemporary classic with an all-female cast. * The Times *
(on Bondagers) . . . Glover's play is arguably the finest of Scottish work plays . . . * Sunday Herald *
(on Bondagers) Sue Glover's 1991 play is flecked with hints of political attitudes that will turn the women's present into our past. * Observer *
