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MY ANALYSIS OF DES: LOOKING AT EXAMPLES FROM BOND PLAYS
The different clashes within the situation come “as a ‘disturbance’ within
the Story’ claims Amoiropoulos, emphasizing that this underlines the need
for the story which holds the different elements together and establishes the
platform for it to be disturbed. He also clarifies that he sees DEs as the joint
impact of different Bondian concepts working together.
Looking at how different specialists in the field analyse DEs contextualises
my further analysis of them. To be able to create DEs within a LTD lesson
I need to see how they are structured in the plays of Edward Bond, and
how actors and directors can work towards creating them in rehearsals and
performance. The following section offers my own analysis of some Bond
plays and their central moments.
My ANALYSIS OF DEs: LOOKING AT EXAMPLES FROM BOND PLAYS
In this section I analyse examples of possible DEs from Bond plays written
for young audiences. I have chosen to discuss plays that I have worked on as
a director and corresponded with the author in the process. First, I describe
two moments in detail and then look at further examples to highlight
elements that I see as central in making them potential DEs. I also present
underlying dramaturgical strategies employed by Bond that can be found
in various DE moments in his plays — I will revisit some of the examples
discussed previously in this chapter — and finally look at how these can be
worked on in rehearsals to create a DE in performance.
Two Examples of Drama Events
In the final scene of A Window Dan wants to blind his newly found father to
take revenge for what he did to his mother. After stopping short of poking
Richard’s eyes out Dan “stamps across the floor”, then goes back to Richard
and asks “what did the kid see — what did its ‘ands do [...] when it saw
the — ”.4° Richard manages to free his hands and trips Dan over, who repeats
the question lying on the floor and then cries “Aaaaaooghhghgh!”. Dan then
“gets to his feet. Throws the chair and the clothes across Richard. Richard is
struggling free. Dan backs away. Staggering. Groaning. Crying”. Dan repeats
“sorry” thrice and then says “for the kid”. After Richard escapes Dan goes to
the window which faces the audience and looks out onto the street. Richard
sneaks back to take those of Liz’s clothes that he can reach and leaves for
good. Dan stands in the window and repeats “for the kid”! twice.
#9 Ibid., 321.
#0 Bond: A Window, 207.
421 Ibid.
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