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Edward Bond's timeline

  • He was born in 1934

    He was born in 1934
  • Where he went to study theater

    Where he went to study theater
    He study for three years and then started his first real play
  • His first real play

    His first real play
    His first real play was The Pope's Wedding
  • His very first play was in the royal court theater

    His very first play was in the royal court theater
  • What are his jobs?

    What are his jobs?
    He is an English playwright, theatre director, poet, dramatic theorist and screenwriter.
  • Saved

    Saved
    Saved is a play by Edward Bond which premiered at the Royal Court Theater London, in November 1965.
  • Lear

    Lear
    Lear is a 1971 three-act play by the British dramatist Edward Bond.
  • The Sea

    The Sea
    The Sea is a 1973 play by Edward Bond. It is a comedy set in a small seaside village
  • The Fool: Scenes of Bread and Love

    The Fool: Scenes of Bread and Love
    The Fool Scenes of Bread and Love is a play by the English playwright Edward Bond and traces the life of the poet John Clare against the Industrial Revolution.
  • Some of his awards

    Some of his awards
    He won an Obie award and a John Whiting Award
  • Controversial directing attempts

    Controversial directing attempts
    During the 1978, Bond felt he needed practical contact with the stage to experiment with his ideas on drama and improve his writing. He therefore began directing his own plays and progressively he made this a condition of their first production.
  • War Plays

    War Plays
    In 1985, he attempted to direct his War Plays at the RSC
  • The 1980S Turning Point

    The 1980S Turning Point
    The mid-1980s his new beginning with the trilogy of The War Plays. Motivated by the threats of the last years of the Cold War
  • Olly's Prison

    Olly's Prison
    Olly's Prison is a 1993 play by English dramatist Edward Bond. In it, a man who has killed his daughter and forgotten his crime tries to find meaning in his life.
  • 9-11

    9-11
  • The Chair Plays Trilogy Play

    The Chair Plays Trilogy Play
    The Chair Plays are a trilogy of plays by English dramatist Edward Bond. The trilogy includes Have I None, The Under Room, and Chair.
  • When he came back to theater

    When he came back to theater
    He came back for a new play in 2006
  • He has no more childern

    He has no more childern
    Although he and his wife Elisabeth have no children, Bond's own imagination is clearly fired by writing for the young, in whom he invests his hopes for the future
  • COVID 19

    COVID 19