Saved: 60 Years of Modern Plays

It's bad enough bein' stuck with a kid without 'avin' you 'anging round' me neck. The 'ole street's laughin' be'ind yer back.

Described by Edward Bond as 'almost irresponsibly optimistic', Saved is a play set in London in the sixties amidst the cultural poverty and frustration of a generation of young people on the dole and living on council estates.

The play opens on Len and Pam preparing to have sex and asking each other their names. Pam's parents are deadlocked in a stultified, silent mar...