Christopher Godfrey Bond (1945) is a British actor,

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and

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whose 1970 retelling of the

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tale ''

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'' formed the basis of

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's musical of the same name, with book by

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. He wrote this while he was resident dramatist at Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent (1970–71). He was artistic director of the

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(1976–78), director of

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(1981–83), and artistic director of Half Moon Theatre (1984–89). He lives in West

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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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