Lear
| Title | Lear |
| Year for Search | 1972 |
| Authors | Bond, Edward(b. 1934) |
| Date Published | 1972 |
| Publisher | Eyre Methuen |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | English author, Male author |
| Annotation | A reimagining of Shakespeare’s Lear as a vicious, paranoid autocrat who tries to keep out imaginary enemies by building a wall. Sometimes called the most violent play ever staged. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. in his Plays: Two (London: Methuen Drama, 1989), 1-102. U.S. ed. New York: Hill and Wang, 1972. |
| Info Notes | Play first performed at the Royal Court Theatre, London September 29, 1971. |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | (b. 1934) |
| Full Text | 1972 Bond, Edward (b. 1934). Lear. London: Eyre Methuen. Rpt. in his Plays: Two (London: Methuen Drama, 1989), 1-102. U.S. ed. New York: Hill and Wang, 1972. Play first performed at the Royal Court Theatre, London September 29, 1971. PSt A reimagining of Shakespeare’s Lear as a vicious, paranoid autocrat who tries to keep out imaginary enemies by building a wall. Sometimes called the most violent play ever staged. |
