“[The ruling class] sees people in the working class as being almost animals. It sees itself as being synonymous with civilization and its cultivation as coming from its natural abilities and not from its wealth and privileged opportunities. It doesn't see that the way in which it monopolizes these things distorts the culture it derives from them and that this makes its culture irrational and an enemy of civilization.” ArtDramaTheaterActivismSocialismCommunismSociologyMarxism Book:The Worlds with The Activists Papers Source: The Worlds with The Activists Papers
“Religion enabled society to organise itself to debate goodness, just as Greek drama had once done.” DoneLiteratureDramaGoodnessDebateGreekGreek Drama Author:Edward Bond
“The human mind is a dramatic structure in itself and our society is absolutely saturated with drama” MindHumansLiteratureDramaStructureDramaticOur SocietyHuman MindSaturated 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 being destroyed” HelpingMightLiteraturePositionDramaTheatreDestroyed Author:Edward Bond