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Edward Bond was born July 18, 1934 in Holloway, North London.
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Being raised in WW2, the bombings by his home inspired his future playwright work.
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(Unknown Date) At age 14, he and his class saw Shakespeare's Macbeth by Donald Wolfit, which the play's traumatic experiences resonated with him and gave him something to apprehend too.
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At 15, he chose to educate himself and left school, due to his eagerness for knowledge.
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Serving the national service in the British army between 1953-1955 in Vienna, he discovered violence behind behavior, in which inspired him to become a playwright.
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In 1958, Bond made his first plays( The Fiery Tree and Klaxon in Atreus' Place) and submitted it to the Royal Court Theatre, as then he got honored to be apart of the writers group.
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In 1962, the Royal Court Theatre performed his first play, The Pope's Wedding, and it was mostly well received.
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After his play, Saved, he met future friend and director of some of his future works, George Divine.
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After Saved, his work was banned in England.
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Believing his ideals, his plays portrayed even more controversy. His controversial play was Early Morning, which portrayed Queen Victoria as a lesbian.
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He won the George Divine Award, for his play Early Morning.
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In 1969, the royal court were finally allowed to show Bond's plays legally.
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He got married to Elisabeth Pable in 1971.
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In 1976, his relationship with Royal Court Theatre diminished, and in 1977 his last plays he directed were performed there. They still performed versions of the play till 1990's.
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Due to the Cold War, he gained more inspiration and it led him to start writing The War Plays.
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In a span of 1 year he wrote 3 plays to meet demands, which had some hard settings, like abortion and nuclear war.
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Inspired by new partners, Bond wrote 7 plays from 1995-2009 for younger audiences.
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After failing to find new places to perform or to meet his demands, in 1996 he went back to RCT.
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In 2013, he received a honorary doctorate in letters from Newman University in Birmingham.
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In 2020, he is still alive and well, occasionally writing plays, his most recent was Dea, released in May 2016.