Peter Brook

by Albert Hunt, Geoffrey Reeves

Overview

Peter Brook is regarded as one of the most important and influential directors today. In this fascinating study, Albert Hunt and Geoffrey Reeves chronicle Brook's development beginning with his earliest productions and concluding with some of his most recent and innovative work. The book also focuses on Brook outside the theater including the film version of his Mahabharata and work for the opera house. The book will be of interest to theater practitioners, students and scholars as well as to the general reader. It includes a chronology of Brook's theater career and is illustrated with rare photographs from key productions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521296052
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	09/28/1995
Series:	Directors in Perspective
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	308
Product dimensions:	6.02(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.79(d)

Table of Contents

List of illustrations; Prologue; Chronology of work: Stage work, film and television work; 1. Playing the field: 1946–56; 2. Wanderings in the alien corn: Dürrenmatt; 3. Climbing the mountain: King Lear; 4. Crucifixion in Paris: Serjeant Musgrave's Dance; 5. The embracing of Artaud: the theatre of cruelty; 6. The thing itself: The Marat-Sade; 7. Zapping the conscience: US; 8. The first attempt at ritual: Oedipus; 9. Pushing the boat out: The Round House Tempest; 10. Shaking hands in the empty space: The Dream; 11. Persian tombs at dawn: Orghast; 12. Into the deserts: Africa and California; 13. Flying over the mountain: The Conference of the Birds; 14. Carpet shows at the Bouffes Les Ik and Ubu; 15. Popular Shakespeare: Timon d'Athènes, Mesure pour Mesure, Antony and Cleopatra; 16. No samovars in Paris and New York: La Cérisaie and The Cherry Orchard; 17. Destined to die free: La Tragedie de Carmen; 18. Nirvana at last: The Mahabharata; 19. Farewell to Shakespeare? La Tempete; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"An ambitious overview of one of the seminal directors of our time, this volume is edited by two critical thinkers and artists who have collaborated with Brook throughout his extraordinary career....Production photographs and a selected bibliography round out this much-needed 50-year history." American Theatre

"Hunt and Reeves have created a rich compendium and a valuable summation of work on Brook..." James Peck, TDR

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