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Revisiting ‘The Sea’: Bond's English Comedy in Toulouse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 January 2009

Ian Stuart
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Abstract

Edward Bond's The Sea was first presented at the Royal Court Theatre under William Gaskill's direction in 1973, and later confirmed as a modern classic in its revival in 1991 at the National Theatre– where it was claimed that it could only have been written by an Englishman. But, as La Mer, it was chosen to open the Thėâtre de la Citė in Toulouse, where Bond scholar and editor Ian Stuart saw Jacques Rosner's production in October, and here reports on the resultant meeting between an English comedy and ‘French serenity’.

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Research Article
Information
New Theatre Quarterly , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , May 1999 , pp. 178 - 182
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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Notes and References

1. See my chapter, ‘Edward Bond and the Royal National Theatre’, in Contemporary British Theatre, ed. Shank, Theodore (London: Macmillan, 1994), p. 62–78CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

2. Bond's, EdwardLa Mer opened at the Grande Salle, Thėâtre de la Cité, Toulouse, France, 13 October 1998, playing until 31 10 1998Google Scholar.

3. Bond, Edward, notes to the audience, 16 10 1998Google Scholar.

4. Ibid.

5. , Bond, letter to Georges Bas, 19 10 1998Google Scholar.

6. , Bond, personal interview, 30 12 1998Google Scholar.

7. Ibid.

8. , Bond, letter to David Tuaillon, 24 10 1998Google Scholar.

9. , Bond, letter to Jacques Rosner, 12 04 1998Google Scholar.

10. Ibid.

11. Magre, Judith, personal interview, 16 10 1998Google Scholar.

12. , Bond, personal interview, 30 12 1998Google Scholar.

13. , Bond, letter to Georges Bas, 19 10 1998Google Scholar.

14. Ibid.

15. Moreau, Jean-Jacques, personal interview (trans. Jerome Hankins), 16 10 1998Google Scholar.

16. , Bond, letter to Georges Bas, 19 10 1998Google Scholar.

17. , Bond, letter to Jacques Rosner, 15 02 1998Google Scholar.

18. , Bond, personal interview, 30 12 1998Google Scholar.

19. Ibid.

20. Ibid.

21. , Bond, letter to Nichole and Jacques Rosner, 28 10 1998Google Scholar.

22. , Bond, letter to Georges Bas, 19 10 1998Google Scholar.

23. Ibid.

24. , Bond, letter to David Tuaillon, 24 10 1998Google Scholar.