Christopher Bond

 ( 1945 Births ) 

Christopher Godfrey Bond (1945)

is a British actor, playwright and theatre director whose 1970 retelling of the Victorian era tale Sweeney Todd formed the basis of Stephen Sondheim's , 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). Chris Bond – Stages of Half Moon He lives in West Cornwall.

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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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