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Answering to the Dead: Edward Bond's ‘Jackets’, 1989–90

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 January 2009

Ian Stuart
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Abstract

Sustaining his reputation for production work that is both original and challenging, Edward Bond worked closely with the directors of Jackets during its productions at Lancaster and in Leicester and London in 1989–90. After a mixed experience with the RSC directing his War Plays, Bond continued to develop his concept of ‘theatre events’, and to work towards the particular style of acting that is necessary for his work in performance. Ian Stuart, a doctoral candidate in dramatic art at the University of California, Santa Barbara, analyzes here how the resulting twin concepts of ‘theatre events’ and ‘theatre acting’ translated into practice, exploring both the workin-progress and its realization through setting, lighting, and critical response. Earlier reconstructions and analyses of Bond's plays in production in TQ and NTQ have included features on Lear in TQ5 (1972) and The Fool in TQ21 (1976), both at the Royal Court, and on his own production at the Cottesloe of Summer in NTQ6 (1986).

Type
Research Article
Information
New Theatre Quarterly , Volume 7 , Issue 26 , May 1991 , pp. 171 - 183
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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Notes and References

All sources are unpublished unless an attribution is cited.

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