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'Bond's greatest (and biggest) play ... it is even more topical now and will become more so as man's inhumanity gains subtle sophistication' The Times
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Edward Bond's version of Lear's story embraces myth and reality, war and politics, to reveal the violence endemic in all unjust societies. He exposes corrupted innocence as the core of social morality, and this false morality as a source of the aggressive tension which must ultimately destroy that society. In a play in which blindness becomes a dramatic metaphor for insight, Bond warns that 'it is so easy to subordinate justice to power, but when this happens power takes on the dynamics and dialectics of aggression, and then nothing is really changed'.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This play reworks Shakespeare's Lear story in a thoroughly modern way. In his introduction Bond states how natural it is to him to write about violence and this comes through in the play, which is certainly not for the squeamish, as it involves very graphic and agonising accounts of bodily suffering. Bond's version of Lear does not adhere closely to Shakespeare's plot or style, and rarely contains long, prosaic passages of reflection. It is reminiscent of Beckett in the staccato effect of the often banale lines and childish names that thinly disguise the depths of suffering continually occuring in the play, and ultimately, the world.
6 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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With adaptations of Shakespeare's works becoming the new vogue it is refreshing to go back to basics. And Edward Bond's 'Lear' does just that.
It is a retelling of the maestro's classic 'King Lear' and follows very much the same story line but updates it slightly so it can be understood by all.
The play is about power and love and contains everything that you would expect from a good Shakespearean tragedy (namely very few people left on their feet by the end of the play)
This version of the play is indispensible on it's own, but is also very useful for those studying the play 'King Lear'and are finding it difficult to get the hang of Shakespeare's language and settings.
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