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Edward Bond

Art is the close scrutiny of reality and therefore I put on the stage only those things that I know happen in our society.

Edward Bond

Society

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Edward Bond believes that art should carefully examine and reflect real-life events and behaviors. Because of this, he chooses to present only situations on stage that genuinely occur within our communities.

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