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This volume includes the TV version and the stage adaptation
"When you marry, have kids...you'll still be in that chair." An ordinary city flat. Evening. A man tries to talk to his daughter. She will not answer. The play moves through the prison of the mind, to that of the outside world in a search that leads to a tragedy.Edward Bond is "a great playwright - many, particularly in continental Europe, would say the greatest living English playwright" (Independent)
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An ordinary city flat. Evening. A man tries to talk to his daughter. She will not answer. And slowly their world turns to tragedy and a search begins that lasts for years. Many of the scenes are set in prison, but the greater prison lies outside. A vivid and powerful morality play for our time. Olly's Prison was televised by the BBC in spring 1993. This volume includes the TV version and the stage adaptation.
About the Author
Edward Bond is widely regarded as the UK's greatest and most influently playwright. His plays include The Pope's Wedding (Royal Court Theatre, 1962), Saved (Royal Court, 1965), Early Morning (Royal Court, 1968), Lear (Royal Court, 1971), The Sea (Royal Court, 1973), The Fool (Royal Court, 1975), The Woman (National Theatre, 1978), Restoration (Royal Court, 1981) and The War Plays (RSC at the Barbican Pit, 1985).
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- PublisherMethuen Drama
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0413676102
- ISBN 13 9780413676108
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages96
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