Olly's Prison - (Modern Plays) by Edward Bond (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

This volume includes the TV version and the stage adaptation

"When you marry, have kids...you'll still be in that chair." An ordinary city flat. Evening. A man tries to talk to his daughter. She will not answer. The play moves through the prison of the mind, to that of the outside world in a search that leads to a tragedy.Edward Bond is "a great playwright - many, particularly in continental Europe, would say the greatest living English playwright" (Independent)

From the Back Cover

An ordinary city flat. Evening. A man tries to talk to his daughter. She will not answer. And slowly their world turns to tragedy and a search begins that lasts for years. Many of the scenes are set in prison, but the greater prison lies outside. A vivid and powerful morality play for our time. Olly's Prison was televised by the BBC in spring 1993. This volume includes the TV version and the stage adaptation.

Review Quotes

"A great playwright - many, particularly in continental Europe, would say the greatest living English playwright." --Independent