Have I None (Rehearsed Reading)

One of British theatre's greatest dramatists, Edward Bond, passed away in 2024. In this rehearsed reading, Foundland Theatre present one of Bond's finest late works." Have I None". In a world turned upside down, Bond tells of a couple's absurd obsession with domesticity, suddenly interrupted by the appearance of a stranger with a past which threatens to destroy them both.

Jaqueline Phillips -
Twice winner of Rochdale Literature Festival Poetry Prize, my poetry has been published both online and in several anthologies. I have performed at venues throughout the north west, have received many excellent reviews and a recording of my work is available on bandcamp. More recently I have turned my hand to playwriting, working with narratives concerning relationships around conflicting perspectives about a single event: what is that makes us human, what do we share, why are we in conflict?
Writing has always been a part of who I am, but I also enjoy the performance element. When the opportunity arose to be a part of this rehearsed reading of Edward Bond's 'Have I None', I leapt at it. Edward Bond's plays always make me question and think. They are never easy. His vision of the world both challenges and stimulates audiences ; and within that he has his own unique theatrical language. I am truly excited to be a part of this event.

Julian Hill-
Julian works primarily as a playwright. He has just completed performing and devising Lost Voices; Living Stories at the Whitaker- a curation of dialect poetry and prose, weaver's stories, uprising and history from 19th Century Lancashire. He is now working on a community play "Voice of the Weavers an Uprising" the story of Lancashire Weaver's Uprising of 1826. Julian's plays include: " The Last Cry" (Contact Theatre, Manchester - devised) "Will You Come Back Tomorrow" (Royal Northern College of Music) Creditors – adapted from Strindberg (Studio Salford) "One" (Bury Met). Julian has previously produced Edward Bond's "Have I None" at Studio Salford. He runs a monthly playwriting workshop at Bacup Library. He trained as an actor at RADA and in playwriting at the Arden School of Theatre.

Anthony Costello –
Anthony acted in the 2019 community play The Battle of Heptonstall (British Multitude). He writes poetry: his publications include The Mask (Lapwing Publications), Angles & Visions (The High Window Press), I Freeze, Turn to Stone: The Poems of Vincent van Gogh (Poetry Salzburg)) and Picture, Mirror, World (Calder Valley Poetry). He was a co-translator of Alain-Fournier:Poems (Carcanet) and a co-editor of The High Window from 2016-2018. Recent poems have appeared in 14, Pennine Platform and The Spectator.