--- title: "1 Theatre People Quotes By Edward Bond" description: "1 Theatre People quotes by Edward Bond. Plus more from Edward Bond and more Theatre People sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e2/edward-bond-13025_actor_first-there-was-the-theatre-of-people-an_2584698.jpg" --- > [First there was the theatre of people and animals, then of people and the devil. Now we need the theatre of people and people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-bond/first-there-was-the-theatre-of-people-and-animals-then-of-people-and/) [Edward Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-bond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e2/edward-bond-13025_actor_first-there-was-the-theatre-of-people-an_2584698.jpg) ## More by Edward Bond > [“Your law always does more harm than crime, and your morality is a form of violence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-bond/your-law-always-does-more-harm-than-crime-and-your-morality-is-a-form/) [Edward Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-bond/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-bond/i-write-plays-not-to-make-money-but-to-stop-myself-from-going-mad/) [Edward Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-bond/) > [It's wonderful to be able to sit down and write a play](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-bond/it-s-wonderful-to-be-able-to-sit-down-and-write-a-play/) [Edward Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-bond/) > [But we are not in the world to be good but to change it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-bond/but-we-are-not-in-the-world-to-be-good-but-to-change-it/) [Edward Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-bond/) > [As Shakespeare himself knew, the peace, the reconciliation that he created on the stage would not last an hour on the street.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-bond/as-shakespeare-himself-knew-the-peace-the-reconciliation-that-he/) [Edward Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-bond/) > [We are still living in the aftershock of Hiroshima, people are still the scars of history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-bond/we-are-still-living-in-the-aftershock-of-hiroshima-people-are-still/) [Edward Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-bond/) > [The human mind is a dramatic structure in itself and our society is absolutely saturated with drama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-bond/the-human-mind-is-a-dramatic-structure-in-itself-and-our-society-is/) [Edward Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-bond/) > [It's insulting to ask a dramatist what his view of his play is. I have no opinion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-bond/it-s-insulting-to-ask-a-dramatist-what-his-view-of-his-play-is-i-have/) [Edward Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-bond/) > [Whatever the economy needs to maintain itself, the government will do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-bond/whatever-the-economy-needs-to-maintain-itself-the-government-will-do/) [Edward Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-bond/) > [“O burn the house! You've murdered the husband, slaughtered the cattle, poisoned the well, raped the mother, killed the child - you must burn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-bond/o-burn-the-house-you-ve-murdered-the-husband-slaughtered-the-cattle/) [Edward Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-bond/) > [The one overall structure in my plays is language](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-bond/the-one-overall-structure-in-my-plays-is-language/) [Edward Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-bond/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-bond/it-s-dangerous-to-tell-the-truth-truth-without-power-is-always/) [Edward Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-bond/) > [“WANG. We live in a time of great change. It is easy to find monsters- and as easy to find heroes. To judge rightly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-bond/wang-we-live-in-a-time-of-great-change-it-is-easy-to-find-monsters/) [Edward Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-bond/) > [Now, drama is quite useful at helping us to understand what our position is and, conversely, we might then understand why our theatre is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-bond/now-drama-is-quite-useful-at-helping-us-to-understand-what-our/) [Edward Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-bond/) > [What I try to do in a play is put a problem on stage, head-on, without evasion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-bond/what-i-try-to-do-in-a-play-is-put-a-problem-on-stage-head-on-without/) [Edward Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-bond/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theatre-people/edward-bond/#itemlist", "name": "1 Theatre People Quotes By Edward Bond", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "First there was the theatre of people and animals, then of people and the devil. 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