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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Edward bond - The Untold Story

King Lear is an absolute masterpiece – as told by Akira Kurosawa rather than Shakespeare

The tragedy’s mythic quality appeals to adapters the world over but the Japanese film-maker’s Ran, now rereleased, manages to solve the play’s problems

The Guardian - UK

Barbara Ferris obituary

Actor who began her career in ‘dolly bird’ roles and became the star of plays by Edward Bond and David Hare

The Guardian - UK

The Return review – Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes bring fierce class to elemental Odyssey adaptation

Uberto Pasolini’s raw and urgent drama, from a draft by Edward Bond, sees a traumatised Odysseus face the shameful aftermath of war

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If you want to know how free a society is, look at what’s happening in its theatres

Political art helps to debate and confront the challenges in our lives. It is also a record we must return to again and again, says Guardian theatre critic Arifa Akbar

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Letter: Bernard Hill obituary

Tony Coult writes: In 1993 Bernard Hill created an extraordinary character in a drama by Edward Bond for BBC television

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Letter: Edward Bond obituary

Jane Woddis writes: Edward Bond would sometimes refer to himself as ‘Little Brum’

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When Edward Bond came to my school to see students put on The Tin Can People

Brief letters: Inspiring students | Your money or your life | An editing omission | A ban on foreign ownership

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‘I loved every single word’: tributes to the blistering brilliance of Edward Bond

Marianne Faithfull, Simon Callow, Tanya Moodie, Richard McCabe and Sean Holmes remember working with the remarkable British playwright who died on Sunday

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Playwright Edward Bond, Known For 'Saved,' Dies At 89

Renowned British playwright Edward Bond, known for 'Saved,' challenged societal norms and left a lasting impact on theater and screenwriting.

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Edward Bond obituary

One of the most important British dramatists of the 20th century who was unafraid of taking on the establishment over censorship

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Edward Bond: a phenomenal talent who upturned theatre with his explosive plays

One of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century, Bond – who has died aged 89 – confronted audiences with ‘the crisis in the human species’

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Edward Bond, blazingly original British playwright, dies aged 89

Death announced of writer whose searing and controversial plays included Saved and Early Morning

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Glenda Jackson obituary

Actor who was a fearless, ferocious presence in theatre, cinema and television, then turned to politics as a Labour MP

The Guardian - UK

What links Lady Chatterley’s Lover to Walkabout and William Hurt?

The DH Lawrence classic inexorably leads to violent UK theatre, a stunning John Barry soundtrack and the erotic thriller Body Heat

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