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Edward Bond Dies: ‘Blow-Up’ Scripter & British Playwright Whose Shows Were Banned In UK Was 89


Playwright Edward Bond, whose 'Saved' and 'Early Morning' were banned, leading to a legal review that led to the end of UK stage censorship, has died at 89.

Edward Bond, the Oscar-nominated Blow-Up screenwriter and playwright whose Saved and Early Morning were banned in the UK, fueling a legal review that led to the end of stage censorship in the country, has died, his agency said. Three years later, the same West End hall showcasing his Saved, which infamously featured a scene in which a group of teens stoned a baby to death in a stroller. Another of Bond’s most famous works, Narrow Road to the Deep North, had a five-week run on Broadway in early 1972 after premiering in London four years earlier.

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