Edward Bond and the Dramatic Child – Edward Bond’s Plays for Young People

Edited by David Davis

Our future depends on the state of our imaginations, and drama becomes more important as the world changes

Plays young people write, act in and watch are the blueprints of the world they will have to live in

Edward Bond argues that drama helps children ‘to know themselves and their world and their relation to it’ but that neither Brecht nor Stanislavsky can provide a basis for modern theatre

Edward Bond and the Dramatic Child discusses all Bond’s important plays for young people and offers case studies of various productions of them

Contributors explore the demands and rewards of acting and staging Bond

The book will be of interest to everyone working in drama with young people in theatre, schools or community work, and to actors and directors in mainstream theatre

The contributors are Edward Bond, David Allen, Chris Cooper, Tony Coult, John Doona, Kate Katafiasz, Bill Roper and David Davis

The glossary explains Bond’s theatre terminology