05 Academic Document Whistling in the Wilderness: Edward Bond's Most Recent Plays

05 Academic Document Whistling in the Wilderness: Edward Bond's Most Recent Plays

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This is an article I had published in the journal "Red Letters" (now defunct) in 1986 while doing post-graduate research into contemporary political drama.

I include it here because, well, when I re-read it recently for the first time in 30 years, I actually thought it was quite good!

There is also an underlying relevance to my work now as a consultant. One of the main themes of the article is that the play is more about the message than the effect of that message - more about the "document" (or the model or the framework) than the learning or the solution (which is carried out my real people in the real world, actions that are mediated and constrained by a multitude of other factors).