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
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- Religion enabled society to organise itself to debate goodness, just as Greek drama had once done.
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- Art is the close scrutiny of reality and therefore I put on the stage only those things that I know happen in our society.
- Religion enabled society to organise itself to debate goodness, just as Greek drama had once done.
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