Synopsis
Bond Plays 10 - Dea & The Testament of this Day & The Price of One & The Angry Roads The Hungry Bowl
$31.95 Published by Methuen
Dea
Bond takes from the Greek and Jacobean drama the fundamental classical problems of the family and war to vividly picture our collapsing society
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
The Testament of this Day
This is Bond's third original radio drama, an arresting drama about the world today
A young man embarks on two journeys, though he is in control of only one
He soon discovers there is no going back, from either
The Price of One
This is set in among city ruins in a war zone where an occupying soldier carries a baby he has rescued from the rubble and dust
He meets a woman carrying a baby of her own
What ensues is a struggle between two enemies demanding justice in the midst of war
A modern tragedy, this play is an exploration of eternity and madness and the supermarket culture
The Angry Roads
In a flat a teenage boy is sorting through play things from his childhood, sorting through his past in search of the truth about an accident that destroyed his family
The Broken Bowl
This presents a portrait of a a ghost town
Outside a harsh wind rattles the windows
Inside, people go hungry and start boarding up their homes
When a young girl insists on feeding her imaginary friend, a bitter struggle for a future ensues for the power of the imagination to transform lives
The play is a moving and audacious modern fable that explores the impact of hard times on family life
The Volume also features an Introduction by the author that looks at theatre and culture in a post-Brexit referendum, post-truth and post-Trump era
REVIEWS
"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
""Edward Bond is the most radical playwright to emerge from the sixties ... the most savagely powerful dramatist writing today ... Bond's plays cannot be ignored" ~ Independent