The Sea (Modern Plays)

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2008
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A wild storm shakes a small East Anglian seaside village and sets off a series of events that changes the lives of all its residents. Set in the high Edwardian world of 1907, The Sea is a fascinating blend of wild farce, high comedy, biting social satire and bleak poetic tragedy. The play was first produced at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 1973 and will be revived at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, from January to April 2008. 'This cosmically inclined neo-Chekhovian romp set in a stiflingly small seaside town in 1907 proves to be every bit as masterful as its sensational predecessor [Saved].' Time Out (New York)

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A wild storm shakes a small East Anglian seaside village and sets off a series of events that changes the lives of all its residents. Set in the high Edwardian world of 1907, The Sea is a fascinating blend of wild farce, high comedy, biting social satire and bleak poetic tragedy. The play was first produced at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 1973 and will be revived at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, from January to April 2008. 'This cosmically inclined neo-Chekhovian romp set in a stiflingly small seaside town in 1907 proves to be every bit as masterful as its sensational predecessor [Saved].' Time Out (New York)

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 78
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Published: 16 Jan 2008
ISBN 10: 1408101505
ISBN 13: 9781408101506
Book Overview: Published to coincide with a major new production at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, running from January to the end of April 2008 Edward Bond is 'a great playwright - many, particularly in continental Europe, would say the greatest living English playwright' (Independent) Edward Bond's work has made an indelible mark on much of contemporary British theatre, with plays such as Saved, Lear, Restoration and Early One Morning contributing to the enormous reputation of the writer In 2005 and 2006 there were critically acclaimed revivals of Bond's plays Lear and Restoration

Author Bio

Edward Bond is one of the great British playwrights of the twentieth/twenty-first centuries. In 1965 his grim portrait of urban violence, Saved, in which a baby is stoned in its pram, aroused much admiration as well as a ban from the Lord Chamberlain. In 2006 there were revivals of several of two of his major plays: Lear and Restoration. Methuen Drama publishes eight volumes of his work.