Peter Brook Threads Of by Peter Brook (5 items)

Paperback / softback. New. 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.

Methuen Drama, 1999. Paperback. New. 256 pages. 8.43x5.51x0.67 inches.

Methuen Drama. Paperback. New. 256 pages

Methuen Drama. Paperback. New. 256 pages

1999. London, Methuen Publishing Limited, 1999. 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Clean inside with solid binding. Bookmark enclosed. "The theatre's greatest contemporary director tells the story of his life. Peter Brook is the modern stage's greatest inventor. For over fifty years he has held audiences spellbound with his critically acclaimed productions. Now he has finally written an account of his life. Born in 1925 in London, at twenty-one Brook became the enfant terrible of British theatre directing major post-war productions of Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon, opera at Covent Garden and new plays in London's West End. He even made films. In 1964 he produced Peter Weiss's Marat/Sade for the RSC and his whole approach to theatre became radicalised. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s Brook began exploring the roots of non-Western theatre which once again changed his view of what theatre could be for actors and audiences. His… Read more