Quotes About Edward Bond

In the end I think theatre has only one subject: justice.

I've always liked texts that you immediately understand. I suppose the playwrights who really speak to me are Edward Bond, Joe Orton and Harold Pinter. I've been in six different Pinter productions - I love the clarity of his language. He has this way of using words - there's a thrill to them.

I was obsessed with theatre and loving the work of Caryl Churchill, Edward Bond, Howard Brenton, and Howard Barker, people doing real formal experimentation. But 'Road' was the first time I'd read a play written in a very true Northern dialect that seemed to have that excitement running through it.

Do not leave the theatre satisfied Do not be reconciled. … You cannot live on our wax fruit Leave the theatre hungry For change —FROM EDWARD BOND, On Leaving the Theatre   I

It's insulting to ask a dramatist what his view of his play is. I have no opinion.

The one overall structure in my plays is language.