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Edward Bond (born 18 July 1934) is an English playwright, theatre director, poet, theorist and screenwriter. He is the author of some fifty plays, among them ''Saved'' (1965), the production of which was instrumental in the abolition of theatre censorship in the UK. Bond is broadly considered one among the major living dramatists but he has always been and remains highly controversial because of the violence shown in his plays, the radicalism of his statements about modern theatre and society, and his theories on drama. ==Early life== Edward Bond was born on 18 July 1934 into a lower-working-class family in Holloway, North London. As a child during World War II he was evacuated to the countryside but was present during the bombings on London in 1940 and 1944. This early exposure to the violence and terror of war probably shaped themes in his work, while his experience of the evacuation gave him an awareness of social alienation which would characterise his writing.〔"Drama and the Dialectic of Violence", interview with A. Arnold in: ''Theatre Quarterly'', vol.2, n°5, Cambridge, 1972〕〔"Something of Myself" in David Davis (ed.) : ''Edward Bond and the Dramatic Child, Edward Bond's Plays for Young People'', London, Trentham Books, 2005〕 His first contact with theatre was music-hall, where his sister used to be sawn in two in a conjuror's sideshow.〔Tony Coult: ''The Plays of Edward Bond'', Londres, Eyre Methuen Theatre File, 19792, p.13〕 At fourteen, with his class he saw a performance of Shakespeare's ''Macbeth'' by Donald Wolfit which was revelatory. He later explained that this performance was the first time he had been presented with traumatic experiences comparable to his own in a way he could apprehend and give meaning to.〔 At fifteen, he left school with only a very basic education, something from which he derived a deep sense of social exclusion〔 that contributed significantly to his political orientation.〔Malcolm Hay & Philip Roberts: ''Bond a Study of his Plays'', London, Eyre Methuen, Modern Theatre Series, 1980, p.15〕 Bond then educated himself, driven by an impressive eagerness for knowledge.〔Tony Coult: ''The Plays of Edward Bond'', Londres, Eyre Methuen Theatre File, 1979, p.12〕 After various jobs in factories and offices, he did his national service in the British Army occupation forces in Vienna between 1953 and 1955. During his time in the army he discovered the naked violence hidden behind normal social behaviour, and decided to start writing.〔Tony Coult: ''The Plays of Edward Bond'', London, Eyre Methuen Theatre File, 1979, p.12〕 Back in London, he educated himself in theatre while working, saw everything he could on stage and exercised his skill by writing drama sketches.〔Tony Coult: ''The Plays of Edward Bond'', Londres, Eyre Methuen Theatre File, 1979, p.13〕 He was especially impressed by the performances of the Berliner Ensemble in the summer of 1956. In June 1958, after submitting two plays to the Royal Court Theatre (''The Fiery Tree'' and ''Klaxon in Atreus' Place'', which Bond keeps unpublished) he was invited to join its newly formed writers' group.〔Tony Coult: ''The Plays of Edward Bond'', London, Eyre Methuen Theatre File, 1979, p.14〕〔Malcolm Hay & Philip Roberts: ''Bond a Study of his Plays'', London, Eyre Methuen, Modern Theatre Series, 1980, p.14-22〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Bond」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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