Edward Bond, playwright whose shocking sex and violence defeated the censor in the 1960, said that theatre trivialises or generalises

Edward Bond: ‘Our theatre trivialises or generalises – both are forms of sleaze’ In this piece, the late playwright asks if Shakespeare was a Tory and suggests writers should run a stage at the National Theatre. In this article, we asked if Shakespeare had been a Tory.

Edward Bond: ‘Our theatre trivialises or generalises – both are forms of sleaze’ In this piece, the late playwright asks if Shakespeare was a Tory and suggests writers should run a stage at the National Theatre. In this article, we asked if Shakespeare had been a Tory.

Prosecutions over his disturbing plays spurred a parliamentary review, leading to the abolition of theatrical censorship after 231 years. Edward Bond's shocking sex and violence defeated the censor in the 1960s – obituary. Edward Bond, playwright whose shocking sex, violence and sexual violence defeated censors in the 1970s.