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1、EDWARDBONDSavedMETHUENDRAMAMetfauenDramaModernPlays10Firstpublishedin1966byMethuenandCo.LtdThiseditionpublishedin2000byMethuenPublishingLtdMethuenDramaA&.CBlackPublishersLtd38SohoSquareLondonWiD3HBCopyright©1965,2000byEdwardBondACIPcataloguerecordforthisbookisav
2、ailablefromtheBritishLibraryISBN:97804133t36o7PrintedandboundinGreatBritainbyCPICox&.Wyman,Reading,RGiSEXCautionAllrightswhatsoeverinthisplayarestrictlyreservedandapplicationforperformanceetc.shouldbemadeto:CasarottoRamsay&AssociatesLtd,WaverleyHouse,7-12NoelStr
3、eet,LondonWiFBGQ.Noperformancemaybegivenunlessalicencehasbeenobtained.Thispaperbackissoldsubjecttotheconditionthatitshallnot,bywayoftradeorotherwise,belent,resold,hiredout,orotherwisecirculatedinanyformofbindingorcoverotherthanthatinwhichitispublishedandwithouta
4、similarconditionincludingthisconditionbeingimposedonthesubsequentpurchaser.Author'sNoteSavedisalmostirresponsiblyoptimistic.Len,thechiefcharacter,isgoodinspiteofhisupbringingandenvironment,butheisnotwhollyoreasilygoodbecausethenhisgoodnesswouldbemeaningless,atle
5、astforhimself.ItistruethatattheendoftheplayLendoesnotknowwhathewilldonext,butthenheneverhasdone.Theplayendsinsilentsocialstalemate,butifaudiencesthinkthisispessimisticthatisbecausetheyhavenotlearnedtoclutchatstraws.Clutchingatstrawsistheonlyrealisticthingtodo.Th
6、ealternative,apartfromtheself-indulgenceofpessimism,isafatuousoptimism.Thegestureofturningtheothercheekisoftenawayofrefusingtolookfactsintheface.ThisisnottrueofLen.Heliveswithpeopleattheirmosthopeless(thatisthepointofthefinalscene)anddoesnotturnawayfromthem.Ican
7、notimagineanoptimismmoretenaciousorhonestthanthis.Bynotplayinghistraditionalroleintheplay'stragicOedipalpattern,Lenturnsitintowhatisformallyacomedy.TheOedipaloutcomeshouldbeaquarrelanddeath.Thereisaquarrelandevenastrugglewithaknife-butLencontinuestotrytoundersta
8、ndandhelp.Thenextscenestartswithhimstretchedonthefloorwithaknifeinhishandandtheoldmancomesindressedasaghost.Butneitherofthemisdead.Theonlysensibleobjectindefeatingane
