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 Copy Share Image
“Your law always does more harm than crime, and your morality is a form of violence.” — Edward Bond Copy Share Image
I write plays not to make money, but to stop myself from going mad. Because it's my way of making the world rational to… — Edward Bond Copy Share Image
As Shakespeare himself knew, the peace, the reconciliation that he created on the stage would not last an hour on the street. — Edward Bond Copy Share Image
We are still living in the aftershock of Hiroshima, people are still the scars of history. — Edward Bond Copy Share Image
The human mind is a dramatic structure in itself and our society is absolutely saturated with drama — Edward Bond Copy Share Image
It's insulting to ask a dramatist what his view of his play is. I have no opinion — Edward Bond Copy Share Image
Whatever the economy needs to maintain itself, the government will do it. — Edward Bond Copy Share Image
“O burn the house! You've murdered the husband, slaughtered the cattle, poisoned the well, raped the mother, killed the child - you must burn… — Edward Bond Copy Share Image
“It's dangerous to tell the truth, truth without power is always dangerous. And we should fight! Freedom's not an idea, it's a passion! If… — Edward Bond Copy Share Image
“WANG. We live in a time of great change. It is easy to find monsters- and as easy to find heroes. To judge rightly… — Edward Bond Copy Share Image
Now, drama is quite useful at helping us to understand what our position is and, conversely, we might then understand why our theatre is… — Edward Bond Copy Share Image
What I try to do in a play is put a problem on stage, head-on, without evasion. — Edward Bond Copy Share Image
