Christopher Godfrey Bond (born 1945, Sussex, England, UK) is a British actor,
playwright and
theatre director
A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors a ...
whose 1970 retelling of the
Victorian tale ''
Sweeney Todd
Sweeney Todd is a fictional character who first appeared as the villain of the penny dreadful serial '' The String of Pearls'' (1846–47). The original tale became a feature of 19th-century melodrama and London legend. A barber from Fleet Stre ...
'' formed the basis of
Stephen Sondheim's
musical of the same name, with book by
Hugh Wheeler
Hugh Callingham Wheeler (19 March 1912 – 26 July 1987) was a British novelist, screenwriter, librettist, poet and translator. He resided in the United States from 1934 until his death and became a naturalized citizen in 1942. He had attended Lon ...
. He wrote this while he was Resident Dramatist at
Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent
The New Vic Theatre is a purpose-built theatre in the round in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. The theatre opened in 1986, replacing a converted cinema, the Victoria Theatre in Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent.
History
In the early 1960s, Steph ...
(1970–71). He was Artistic Director of the
Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
The Everyman Theatre stands at the north end of Hope Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It was founded in 1964, in Hope Hall (once a chapel, then a cinema), in an area of Liverpool noted for its bohemian environment and political edge, a ...
(1976–78), Director of
Liverpool Playhouse
The Liverpool Playhouse is a theatre in Williamson Square in the city of Liverpool, England. It originated in 1866 as a music hall, and in 1911 developed into a repertory theatre. As such it nurtured the early careers of many actors and actres ...
(1981–83), and Artistic Director of
Half Moon Theatre
The Half Moon Theatre Company was formed in 1972 in a rented synagogue in Alie Street, Whitechapel, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ''Half Moon Passage'' was the name of a nearby alley. The founders, Michael Irving and Maurice Colbourne ...
(1984–89). He lives in West
Cornwall
Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...
.
Plays
*''Mountain Fire''
*''Mutiny'' (1970)
*''Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' (1970)
*''Simple Simon'' (1971)
*''Not So Simple Simon'' (1971)
*''Shem's Boat'' (1971)
*''Downright Hooligan'' (1972)
*''Judge Jeffreys'' (1973)
*''Tarzan's Last Stand'' (1973)
*''The Country Wife'' (1974)
*''Under New Management'' (1975)
*''The Cantril Tales'' (1975)
*''The Adventures of Finn McCool'' (1976)
*''George'' (1976)
*''Good Soldier Scouse'' (1976)
*''Scum: Death, Destruction, and Dirty Washing'' (1976)
*''The Beggars Opera'' (1977)
*''A Tale of Two Cities'' (1981)
*''Gone To Jesus'' (1982)
*''Dracula'' (1984)
*''Spend, Spend, Spend'' (1985)
*''All the Fun of the Fair'' (1986)
*''El Sid'' (1988)
*''Mysterie of Maria Marten'' (1991)
*''Roll With the Punches'' (1996)
*''The Blood of Dracula'' (1997)
*''Alice on the Underground'' (2004)
*''Hubble Bubble'' (2004)
*''Don Quixote Rides Again'' (2005)
*''It's A Fine Life!'' (2006)
*''Romford Rose'' (with Jo Collins, 2016)
''Sweeney Todd writer Christopher Bond on his latest show, Romford Rose'' – Musical Theatre Review, 28 May 2016
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References
1945 births
Living people
Date of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
British male dramatists and playwrights
20th-century British dramatists and playwrights
21st-century British dramatists and playwrights
20th-century British male writers
21st-century British male writers
Sweeney Todd
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