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Description for Dea
Paperback. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 104 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 315 x 20. Weight in Grams: 98.
To be sane or not to be sane, that is the question - and if not, then be mad and all that follows. Edward Bond takes from the Greek and Jacobean drama the fundamental classical problems of the family and war to vividly picture our collapsing society. The war is raging, Dea, a heroine, has committed a terrible act and has been exiled. When she meets someone from her past, she is forcefully confronted by the broken society that drove her to commit her crimes. Dea received its world premiere at ... Read more
To be sane or not to be sane, that is the question - and if not, then be mad and all that follows. Edward Bond takes from the Greek and Jacobean drama the fundamental classical problems of the family and war to vividly picture our collapsing society. The war is raging, Dea, a heroine, has committed a terrible act and has been exiled. When she meets someone from her past, she is forcefully confronted by the broken society that drove her to commit her crimes. Dea received its world premiere at ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Modern Plays
Condition
New
Number of Pages
104
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781350016286
SKU
V9781350016286
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Ref
99-5
About Edward Bond
Edward Bond is widely regarded as the UK's greatest and most influentlial 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 ... Read more
Reviews for Dea
Probably the greatest of any post-war British dramatist
Mark Ravenhill
Bond's work is the work of a powerful writer, and a great and brilliant man of the theatre
Luca Ronconi
Mark Ravenhill
Bond's work is the work of a powerful writer, and a great and brilliant man of the theatre
Luca Ronconi