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CHAPTER Two: WHAT Is A DRAMA EVENT will be discussed further on, there is the analysis of other theoreticians and practitioners of how DEs work, and there are examples of DEs in plays and in performance that I will examine. Before doing this, I will examine if there are other theories that some central elements of Bond’s theory can be connected to, so that we can understand them better. FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE BONDIAN APPROACH There are a number of studies about the work of Edward Bond, starting from the late ‘70s Simon Tussler*“* and Richard Scharine*” present Bond to the public, while Tony Coult?° offers an in-depth analysis of his plays. The list continues till today, the latest — but probably not last — critical study being Peter Billingham’s, published in 2014.?! Various periods and aspects of Bond’s work are discussed in many important publications??? and numerous articles and essays can be found discussing his plays and theories in a variety of journals and collections. A full survey of these writings would probably shed as much light on the period they were written in as the works they were written about, but it might not help focus on the central guestions of this research. I have selected aspects of Bond’s theory that connect powerfully with my central questions and will concentrate on literature linked to these subjects. Furthermore, a full survey of important studies on Bond has been completed by Kostas Amoiropoulos”* offering a thorough examination of various aspects of the dramatist’s theory and also a historic perspective of the analysis of his work, I will be relying on the findings of this research greatly. On the other hand, David Davis offers a concise and accessible introduction to Bond’s theory in his Commentary*™ in the student edition of Saved. To be able to discuss different analyses of Bond’s DE it will be useful to look at general theoretical questions first, as the theory will offer a more grounded insight into the specific examples. I examine three main subjects here: 48 Simon Trussler: Edward Bond, Harlow, Longman House, 1976. Richard Scharine: The plays of Edward Bond, Lewisburg, Bucknell University Press, 2007. 250 Tony Coult: The Plays of Edward Bond: A Study, London, Eyre Methuen, 1977. 51 Peter Billingham: Edward Bond: A Critical Study, London, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. Malcolm Hay - Philip Roberts: Bond: A Study of His Plays, London, Eyre Methuen, 1980; David L. Hirst: Edward Bond, London, Macmillan 1985; Lou Lappin: The Art and Politics of Edward Bond, New York, Peter Lang, 1987; Jenny S. Spencer: Dramatic Strategies in the plays of Edward Bond, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1992; Michael Mangan: Edward Bond, Plymouth, Northcote House Publishers, 1998; Davis: Imagining the Real. Amoiropoulos: Balancing Gaps. 254 David Davis: Commentary, in Edward Bond: Saved (Student Editions), London, Methuen Drama, 2009, xvii—xxxiv. 24 © 25: S 25: o + 74 +
