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Christopher Godfrey Bond (born 1945 in Sussex, England, UK) is a British actor, playwright and theatre director whose 1970 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 wrote this while he was resident dramatist at Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent (1970–71). He was artistic director of the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool (1976–78), director of Liverpool Playhouse (1981–83), and artistic director of Half Moon Theatre (1984–89). He lives in West Cornwall.

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)

References

1. Sondheim, Stephen; Wheeler, Hugh; Bond, C.G. (1991). Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street. Applause musical library. New York, NY: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. ISBN 1-55783-065-7.
2. Michael Portillo (9 August 2004). "Murder most foul". New Statesman. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
3. Chris Bond – Stages of Half Moon
4. "Chris Bond – complete guide to the Playwright and Plays". doollee.com. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
5. Sweeney Todd writer Christopher Bond on his latest show, Romford Rose – Musical Theatre Review, 28 May 2016

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