Edward Bond

Violence is never a solution in my plays, just as ultimately violence is never a solution in human affairs. ↗

— Edward Bond

#human #human affairs #just #never #plays

We are still living in the aftershock of Hiroshima, people are still the scars of history. ↗

— Edward Bond

#history #living #people #scars #still

We may seem competent, but by the end of next century there will be new deserts, new ruins. ↗

— Edward Bond

#competent #deserts #end #may #new

What I try to do in a play is put a problem on stage, head-on, without evasion. ↗

— Edward Bond

#head-on #i #play #problem #put

What Shakespeare and the Greeks were able to do was radically question what it meant to be a human being. ↗

— Edward Bond

#being #greeks #human #human being #meant

Whatever the economy needs to maintain itself, the government will do it. ↗

— Edward Bond

#government #itself #maintain #needs #whatever

When humanness is lost the radical difference between the bodies in the pit and people walking on the street is lost. ↗

— Edward Bond

#bodies #difference #humanness #lost #people

You have to go to the ultimate situation in drama. ↗

— Edward Bond

#go #situation #ultimate #you

You have to learn the language of Hamlet. ↗

— Edward Bond

#language #learn #you