Contemporary Theatre Studies: Edward Bond Letters (1996, Hardcover) by download book MOBI
9783718657483 3718657481 Edward Bond Letters, Volume IV, focuses on four significant areas of Edward Bond's work: education, imagination and the child; theatre-in-education; At the Inland Sea; language and imagery. The letters represent a coruscating attack on our present society, as well as offering insights into how the situation might be improved. Bond's letters attack modern education, arguing that children are being educated to sell themselves and suggesting that social problems are caused by an oppression of the imagination. Many letters refer directly to a play-for instance Tuesday, which presents an assessment of the many difficulties faced by contemporary society. The language and imagery of one of Bond's most recent plays, In the Company of Men, is animatedly discussed, and Bond reminds us in a final description that the good image is always absent, because it is present in the mind., Edward Bond is increasingly recognized as Britain's most challenging and important living dramatist. Published for the first time, these documents provide essential insights into his mind and theories. Edward Bond Letters, Volume III includes two sections on the important areas of writing and translating and continues to trace Bond's interest in productions of his work. This lively and thought-provoking volume of Edward Bond's Letters focuses on Saved and The Pope's Wedding, a radio production of The Fool (1990), The Company of Men (1993) and the television plays Olly's Prision (1992) and Tuesday (1993), and provides useful background information for both the student and the general reader.
9783718657483 3718657481 Edward Bond Letters, Volume IV, focuses on four significant areas of Edward Bond's work: education, imagination and the child; theatre-in-education; At the Inland Sea; language and imagery. The letters represent a coruscating attack on our present society, as well as offering insights into how the situation might be improved. Bond's letters attack modern education, arguing that children are being educated to sell themselves and suggesting that social problems are caused by an oppression of the imagination. Many letters refer directly to a play-for instance Tuesday, which presents an assessment of the many difficulties faced by contemporary society. The language and imagery of one of Bond's most recent plays, In the Company of Men, is animatedly discussed, and Bond reminds us in a final description that the good image is always absent, because it is present in the mind., Edward Bond is increasingly recognized as Britain's most challenging and important living dramatist. Published for the first time, these documents provide essential insights into his mind and theories. Edward Bond Letters, Volume III includes two sections on the important areas of writing and translating and continues to trace Bond's interest in productions of his work. This lively and thought-provoking volume of Edward Bond's Letters focuses on Saved and The Pope's Wedding, a radio production of The Fool (1990), The Company of Men (1993) and the television plays Olly's Prision (1992) and Tuesday (1993), and provides useful background information for both the student and the general reader.