In this volume, distinguished director Peter Brook provides candid answers to questions on his work and philosophy. Topics covered range from his innovative, award-winning production of Marat/Sade and his film and stage version of King Lear, to his nine-hour production of the Indian epic The Mahabharata. With passion and clarity, he discusses acting, directing, auditions, film versus theatre, his responses to the work other theatre figures such as Antonin Artaud and Jerzy Grotowski, and the multiculturalism which characterizes much of his later work.
In this volume, distinguished director Peter Brook provides candid answers to questions on his work and philosophy. Topics covered range from his inno...
An autobiography of Peter Brook charting his career of over fifty years in theatrical direction from major post-war productions, through a radicalisation of his approach in the 1960s and his exploration of the roots of non-Western theatre in the 70s and 80s, to Paris and his founding of the theatrical company where he still works today.
An autobiography of Peter Brook charting his career of over fifty years in theatrical direction from major post-war productions, through a radicalisat...