'A theatre of ruins'. Edward Bond & Samuel Beckett: theatrical antagonists

The playwright Edward Bond has long made known his antagonism to dramatists allied to Martin Esslin’s Theatre of the Absurd. The work of Samuel Beckett has come in for particular criticism by Bond. Using published writings (and unpublished correspondence between myself and Bond), I hope to trace the development of this antagonism between ‘Bondian’ and ‘Beckettian’ views of theatre. However, this article will also set out to argue that both early work such as The Pope’s Wedding (1962), and more recent work such as Coffee (1995), make use of motifs, characters and ideas from Beckett’s theatre. The article will set out provisional reasons why Bond, despite his misgivings, is not averse to incorporating elements from Beckett’s ‘theatre of ruins’, as he terms it, into his own work.

Ms.Ff.F.Stoltze 3. 204 - Brief von Martin Ochs an Friedrich Stoltze

Bernhard Schnapper, Frankfurter Latern, Krebbelzeitungen, Nizza

Sir Francis Drake revived : who is or may be a pattern to stirre up all heroicke and active spirits of these times, to benefit their countrey and eternize their names by like noble attempts : Being a summary and true relation of foure severall voyages made by the said Sir Francis Drake to the West-Indies ... His voyage made with Chistopher Carleill, Martin Frobusher, Francis Knollis, and others, Their taking the townes of Saint Jago, Sancto Domingo, Carthagena and Saint Augustine : His last voyage (in which he dyed) being accompanied with Sir John Hawkins, Sir Thomas Baskerfield, Sir Nicholas Clifford, with others : His manner of buriall /

La primera obra relata el viaje de 1572-1573, la segunda el viaje de 1577-1580, la tercera el de 1585-1586 y la última del viaje de 1595-1596, en el que murió.

Sir Edward Seaward's narrative of his shipwreck, and consequent discovery of certain islands in the Caribbean sea: with a detail of many extraordinary and highly interesting events in his life, from the year 1733 to 1749.

Preface by H. G. Kingston.

Year books of the reign of King Edward the First ...

[v. 1] Years xx-xxi. 1866.- [v. 2] xxi-xxii. 1873.- [v. 3] xxx-xxxi. 1863.- [v. 4] xxxii-xxxiii. 1864.- [v. 5] Michaelmas term, xxxiii, xxxiv-xxxv. 1879.

The voice of the people, and the facts, in relation to the rejection of Martin Van Buren, by the U.S. Senate.

Van Buren was nominated as minister to Great Britain. This pamphlet contains The voice of New York, proceedings of a meeting of Republican members of the Legislature, Feb. 3, 1832, with remarks of N.P. Tallmadge; Great public meeting in the city of Albany, Feb. 4, 1832, with remarks of Gen Dix and B.F. Butler; Remarks of Webster, W.L. Marcy, S. Smith, J. Forsyth, Clay and Brown in the U. S. Senate on the Van Buren nomination; Correspondence between the Republican members of the New York Legislature and Pres. Jackson; Communication of S. Smith to the National intelligencer, Feb. 12, 1832.

Schiller's complete works.

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What is of faith as to everlasting punishment? : in reply to Dr. Farrar's challenge in his Eternal hope, 1879 /

Bibliographic footnotes.

Saint-Martin, the French mystic, and the story of modern Martinism.

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