Christopher Bond
British dramatist and playwright

Christopher Bond

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British dramatist and playwright
Gender:
Male
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United KingdomGreat Britain
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Film, TV, Stage & RadioLiterature
Birth:
1945
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Christopher Godfrey Bond (born 1945) is a British playwright whose 1973 retelling of the Victorian tale Sweeney Todd formed the basis of Stephen Sondheim's musical of the same name, with book by Hugh Wheeler. He lives in West Cornwall.

Plays

  • 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)
  • 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)