Edward Bond

Lear

Violent reimagining of Shakespeare's King Lear set in dystopian post-apocalyptic society

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Edward Bond
Edward Bond

Bond's theater is among the most violently political in the British tradition, using extreme physical action to expose the systemic violence of capitalist society. Saved, with its baby-stoning scene, remains one of the most controversial British plays of the 20th century.

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