Edward Bond

It's insulting to ask a dramatist what his view of his play is. I have no opinion. ↗

— Edward Bond

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At the turn of the century theatre does not have to be prescriptive. ↗

— Edward Bond

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Art is the close scrutiny of reality and therefore I put on the stage only those things that I know happen in our society. ↗

— Edward Bond

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Auschwitz is a place in which tragedy cannot occur. ↗

— Edward Bond

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But we are not in the world to be good but to change it. ↗

— Edward Bond

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Fifteen years ago I walked out of a production of one of my plays at the RSC because I decided it was a waste of time. ↗

— Edward Bond

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First there was the theatre of people and animals, then of people and the devil. Now we need the theatre of people and people. ↗

— Edward Bond

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Humanity's become a product and when humanity is a product, you get Auschwitz and you get Chair. ↗

— Edward Bond

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I don't think it's the job of theatre at the moment to provide political propaganda; that would be simplistic. We have to explore our situation further before we will understand it. ↗

— Edward Bond

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I think there is no world without theatre. ↗

— Edward Bond

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