Peter Brook
Peter Brook
Geoffrey Reeves
£50.00
GBPPeter 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 authors trace the director's work from the Birmingham Repertory Theatre to the Royal Shakespeare Company, the establishment of his own company and theatre at the Bouffes du Nord in Paris, and the creation of his unique theatrical style. Reeves and Hunt also focus on Brook outside the theatre including the film version of Mahabharata and his work for the opera house. The book will be of interest to theatre practitioners, students and scholars as well as to the general reader. It includes a chronology of Brook's theatre career and is illustrated with photographs from key productions.
- Comprehensive account of Brook's career
- Contains valuable and rare photographs from Brook productions
- One of the authors, Reeves, worked closely with Brook on key productions
Reviews & endorsements
'The most complete account so far ... expert illuminating commentary as well as a detailed record of the work itself.' Michael Coveney, The Observer
Product details
September 1995Paperback
9780521296052
308 pages
229 × 153 × 20 mm
0.495kg
20 b/w illus.
Available
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.
