| Saved Contributor(s): Bond, Edward (Author) |
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ISBN: 0413313603 ISBN-13: 9780413313607 Publisher: Methuen Drama OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2009 Annotation: Saved is a play set in London in the sixties and is one of the most important British plays of that decade. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 822 |
| Series: Methuen Modern Plays |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.30 lbs) 124 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 1960's - Cultural Region - British Isles - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Described by its author as 'almost irresponsibly optimistic', Saved is a play set in London in the sixties. Its subject is the cultural poverty and frustration of a generation of young people on the dole and living on council estates. The play was first staged privately in November 1965 at the Royal Court Theatre before members of the English Stage Society in a time when plays were still censored. With its scenes of violence, including the stoning of a baby, Saved became a notorious play and a cause célèbre. In a letter to the Observer, Sir Laurence Olivier wrote: 'Saved is not a play for children but it is for grown-ups, and the grown-ups of this country should have the courage to look at it.' Saved has had a marked influence on a whole new generation writing in the 1990s. |