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Book SynopsisEdward Bond is widely regarded as the UK's greatest and most influential 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).
Dom O'Hanlon is the Senior Commissioning Editor of Plays at Methuen Drama.
Trade ReviewTimely, even without COVID ... The overviews and interviews give the reader enough information to appreciate the scenes out of context … Just the book to dip into to view the multifaceted nature of crisis and how it has been portrayed on our stages. * Broadway World UK *
Table of Contents1. Theatre in Crisis – Introduction by Edward Bond 2. Introduction - by Dom O'Hanlon 3. Mojisola Adebayo –
The Interrogation of Sandra Bland 4. Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti –
A Kind of People 5. Sudha Bhuchar –
Child of the Divide 6. Zoe Cooper –
Jess and Joe Forever 7. Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig –
The King of Hell’s Palace 8. Tim Crouch –
Adler & Gibb 9. Inua Ellams –
Barber Shop Chronicles 10. James Graham –
A History of Falling Things 11. Tanika Gupta –
Lions and Tigers 12. Hannah Khalil – A
Museum in Baghdad 13. Morgan Lloyd Malcolm –
Emilia 14. Alistair McDowall –
X 15. Vinay Patel –
An Adventure 16. Lucy Prebble –
The Effect 17. Philip Ridley –
The Pitchfork Disney 18. Christopher Shinn –
Where Do We Live 19. Simon Stephens –
Motortown 20. Chris Thorpe –
Manchester from The Mysteries 21. Laura Wade –
The Watsons 22. Anne Washburn –
The Internationalist
