{"product_id":"9781408100103","title":"Saved","description":"\u003ch3\u003eStudent Editions\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eSaved\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEdward Bond | David Davis | Jenny Stevens | Chris Megson | Matthew Nichols | Sara Freeman\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescribed by Edward Bond as 'almost irresponsibly optimistic', \u003ci\u003eSaved \u003c\/i\u003eis a play set in London in the sixties and reflects a time of social change. 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 for members of the English Stage Society at a time when plays were still censored. With its scenes of violence, including the stoning of a baby in its pram,\u003ci\u003e Saved \u003c\/i\u003ebecame a notorious play and a cause célèbre. It has since had a profound influence on a whole new generation of writers who emerged in the 1990s. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCommentary and notes by David Davis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eEdward Bond is one of the great British playwrights of the twentieth\/twenty-first centuries whose work first came to prominence in the 1960s. In recent years there have been revivals of several of his major plays, including \u003ci\u003eLear\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRestoration\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Sea\u003c\/i\u003e. Methuen Drama publishes eight volumes of his work.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 May 2009\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781408100103\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7.52\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55334622527628,"sku":"9781408100103","price":14.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_988ebaf3-6b5e-4916-a010-ac0f7b9d6a77.jpg?v=1788028962","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781408100103","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}