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 ...
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 celebre. 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. Edward Bond is "a great playwright - many, particularly in continental Europe, would say the greatest living English playwright" (Independent)
PAM. O let me alone!
LEN. 'E's my mate, ain' 'e ?
PAM. I'm sick t' death a you under me feet all the time! Ain't yer got no friends t'go to! What about yer people? Won't they take yer in either?
LEN. Yer arst some stupid questions at times.
PAM. Yer can't 'ave no pride. Yer wouldn't catch me 'angin' round where I ain't wanted.
LEN. 'Oo ain' wanted?
PAM. I don't want yer! They don't want yer! It's only common sense! I don't know why yer can't see it. It's nothin' but rows an' arguments.
LEN. 'Oo's fault's that?
PAM. Anybody else wouldn't stay if yer paid 'em! Yer caused all the trouble last time.
LEN. I knew that was comin'.
PAM. None a that 'ld a 'appened if yer ain 'ere. Yer never give 'im a chance.
LEN. Yeh, yeh.
PAM. Yer live on trouble!
LEN. That ain' what 'e told everyone.
PAM. Same o... (查看原文)
LIZ. Wass it like inside?
FRED. I got chokey for the clobberin'. Bread and water!
BARRY. On yer jack.
FRED. Only good thing there's no one t' scrounge yer grub.
BARRY. Yer d'narf tell 'em.
FRED. Ain't my sort a life. Glad I done it once, but thass their lot. Ain' pinnin' nothin' on me next time.
LIZ. Wass it like ?
FRED. In there ?
LIZ. Yeh.
FRED. Cold.
LIZ. Eh ?
FRED. Cold. (查看原文)
Cruelty as staged in theatre is not devaluation of humanity but the re-evaluation of humanity where we take the chance to look into all these exaggerated bad-ass, and we are forced to think: Perhaps I can do that same shit as the man on stage do. Perhaps we...
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0 有用 橙子换马甲 2011-11-11 22:02:28
没有被某小同学抢先的话可能一辈子都不会真的去读吧…orz…除了满脑子找辅音比较累人之外居然还蛮好看的…><
0 有用 nowwhat 2015-02-18 11:57:29
cruelty
0 有用 星烂 2023-12-06 16:45:06 湖北
pure violence，搜索的时候发现一小段Bond和演员的谈话觉得还蛮有意思的，演员“我要演出角色的灵魂”，Bond “我只想要反映现实境遇”，感觉有一点点领会到作家的意图了
0 有用 超绝可爱宝宝蛆 2021-01-03 19:15:48
staging of brutality and downplay its power over us
0 有用 星烂 2023-12-06 16:45:06 湖北
pure violence，搜索的时候发现一小段Bond和演员的谈话觉得还蛮有意思的，演员“我要演出角色的灵魂”，Bond “我只想要反映现实境遇”，感觉有一点点领会到作家的意图了
0 有用 超绝可爱宝宝蛆 2021-01-03 19:15:48
staging of brutality and downplay its power over us
0 有用 nowwhat 2015-02-18 11:57:29
cruelty
0 有用 橙子换马甲 2011-11-11 22:02:28
没有被某小同学抢先的话可能一辈子都不会真的去读吧…orz…除了满脑子找辅音比较累人之外居然还蛮好看的…><