“At the turn of the century theatre does not have to be prescriptive.”
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Famous Edward Bond Quotes
“What I try to do in a play is put a problem on stage, head-on, without evasion.”
“In the past goodness was always a collective experience. Then goodness became privatised.”
“Religion enabled society to organise itself to debate goodness, just as Greek drama had once done.”
“Humanity's become a product and when humanity is a product, you get Auschwitz and you get Chair.”
Source: Bond Plays: 5: The Bundle; Human Cannon; Jackets; In the Company of Men
“It's insulting to ask a dramatist what his view of his play is. I have no opinion”
“Our unconscious is not more animal than our conscious, it is often even more human”
Source: Bond Plays: 6: The War Plays; Choruses from After the Assassinations
“The one overall structure in my plays is language”
Source: Bond Plays: 6: The War Plays; Choruses from After the Assassinations
“If you engage people on a vital, important level, they will respond.”
“The English sent all their bores abroad, and acquired the Empire as a punishment.”
“We may seem competent, but by the end of next century there will be new deserts, new ruins.”