Conference of the Birds is John Heilpern's true story of an extraordinary journey. In December 1972, the director Peter Brook and an international troupe of actors (Helen Mirren and Yoshi Oida among them) left their Paris base to emerge again in the Sahara desert. It was the start of an 8,500-mile expedition through Africa without precedent in the history of theatre. Brook was in search of a new beginning that has since been revealed in all his work - from Conference of the Birds and Carmen to The Mahabharata and beyond. At the heart of John Heilpern's brilliant account of the African experiment is a story that became a search for the miraculous.
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[O]ne of the best theatre books ever written.
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Priceless.
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Apart from its interest to theatre specialists, Conference of the Birds is as enthralling a piece of reportage as I have ever read.
–Irving Wardle, The Times (London)
The most exciting new book I have read since Robert M. Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
–Philip Toynbee, The Observer --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
–Financial Times
Priceless.
–The Financial Times
Apart from its interest to theatre specialists, Conference of the Birds is as enthralling a piece of reportage as I have ever read.
–Irving Wardle, The Times (London)
The most exciting new book I have read since Robert M. Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
–Philip Toynbee, The Observer --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
About the Author
John Heilpern is Chief Drama Critic for The New York Observer and contributing editor to Vogue. He is the author of How Good is David Mamet, Anyway? also published this season by Routledge (see p. 000).
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I have owned - and read - this book for many years. For anyone who has had an interest in delving in to the world of theatre which is on the very edge of discovery, read this book. Take a group of ethnically diverse actors, a carpet, a pair of boots, a very rough idea and a collection of small African villages, some of whom have never encountered anyone from outside their own small community, and you have the perfect mix for rediscovering the true meaning of theatre. At one and the same time massively amusing and wonderfully inspiring, enter into the world and the mind of the 20th century's most creative forces - Peter Brook.
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The first stranger I saw in Africa, or thought I saw, was blind. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ridiculous thieves, magic shoes, sacred forest, talking drum, traditional theatre Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Yoshi Oida, The Conference of the Birds, Ted Hughes, New York, The Bread Show, Lou Zeldis, Miriam Goldschmidt, Helen Mirren, Sylvain Corthay, Peter Brook, Andreas Katsulas, Barbara Ann Teer, Daru Lapidu, Malick Bagayogo, Natasha Parry, Twins Seven-Seven, Professor Beier, Sahara Desert, T'ai Chi, Marva Katsulas, Michele Collison, Noh Theatre, Bruce Myers, Midsummer Night's Dream, Royal Shakespeare Company New!
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The first stranger I saw in Africa, or thought I saw, was blind. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ridiculous thieves, magic shoes, sacred forest, talking drum, traditional theatre Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Yoshi Oida, The Conference of the Birds, Ted Hughes, New York, The Bread Show, Lou Zeldis, Miriam Goldschmidt, Helen Mirren, Sylvain Corthay, Peter Brook, Andreas Katsulas, Barbara Ann Teer, Daru Lapidu, Malick Bagayogo, Natasha Parry, Twins Seven-Seven, Professor Beier, Sahara Desert, T'ai Chi, Marva Katsulas, Michele Collison, Noh Theatre, Bruce Myers, Midsummer Night's Dream, Royal Shakespeare Company New!
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