The swing
By: Edward Bond
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Description: At the beginning of the 'The Swing', one of the characters explains that in Kentucky in 1911 a black man was charged with murder and lynched on the stage of the local theatre. Bond's short play sparingly stylises this true story into a powerful and profoundly shocking drama. Bond draws a detailed picture of the quotidian injustice of a community which can condone violent murder and drive people to madness. 'The Swing' was first presented in 1976 at Inter-Action's Almost Free Theatre, London.
Notes: Originally published: in print in Plays seven. London: Methuen Drama, 2003.