Edward Bond Quotes

Now, drama is quite useful at helping us to understand what our position is and, conversely, we might then understand why our theatre is being destroyed.

~ Edward Bond

Being Destroyed Drama Helping Might Now Our Position Quite Theatre Then Understand Us Useful Why

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Our unconscious is not more animal than our conscious, it is often even more human.

~ Edward Bond

Animal Conscious Even Human More Often Our Than Unconscious

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Religion enabled society to organise itself to debate goodness, just as Greek drama had once done.

~ Edward Bond

Debate Done Drama Goodness Greek Had Itself Just Once Organise Religion Society

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Shakespeare has no answers for us at all.

~ Edward Bond

Answers Shakespeare Us

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The English sent all their bores abroad, and acquired the Empire as a punishment.

~ Edward Bond

Abroad Acquired Bores Empire English Punishment Sent

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The Greeks said very, very extreme things in their tragedies.

~ Edward Bond

Extreme Greeks Said Things Tragedies Very

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The human mind is a dramatic structure in itself and our society is absolutely saturated with drama.

~ Edward Bond

Absolutely Drama Dramatic Human Human Mind Itself Mind Our Saturated Society Structure

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The one overall structure in my plays is language.

~ Edward Bond

Language Overall Plays Structure

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The theatre, our theatre, comes from the Greeks.

~ Edward Bond

Greeks Our Theatre

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The truth has got to appear plausible on the stage.

~ Edward Bond

Appear Got Plausible Stage Truth

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Violence is hidden within democratic structures because they are not radically democratic - Western democracy is merely a domestic convenience of consumerism.

~ Edward Bond

Because Consumerism Convenience Democracy Democratic Domestic Hidden Merely Radically Structures Violence Western Within

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

~ Edward Bond

Affairs Human Human Affairs Just Never Plays Solution Ultimately Violence

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

~ Edward Bond

Hiroshima History Living People Scars Still

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

~ Edward Bond

Century Competent Deserts End May New Next Ruins Seem Will

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

~ Edward Bond

Evasion Play Problem Put Stage Try Without

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

~ Edward Bond

Able Being Greeks Human Human Being Meant Meant To Be Question Radically Shakespeare Were

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

~ Edward Bond

Economy Government Itself Maintain Needs Whatever Will

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

~ Edward Bond

Between Bodies Difference Humanness Lost People Pit Radical Street Walking

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You have to go to the ultimate situation in drama.

~ Edward Bond

Drama Go Situation Ultimate You

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You have to learn the language of Hamlet.

~ Edward Bond

Hamlet Language Learn You

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