Evoking Shakespeare [Paperback]

Peter Brook (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 15, 1999 | Series: Dramatic Contexts

The revised edition includes Brook's additional essay on "Forgetting Shakespeare." The first edition was based on a talk given in Berlin which is an illuminating and provocative take on our greatest playwright by one of his most influential modern intepreters.

Peter Brook is one of the world's best-known theatre directors. Outstanding in a career full of remarkable achievements are his productions of Titus Andronicus (1955), King Lear (1962), Marat/Sade (1964), and Midsummer Night's Dream (1970). Since moving to Paris, he has produced a series of events which push at the boundaries of theatre.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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About the Author

Peter Brook is one of the giants of twentieth-century theatre, a unique creative genius who, through his groundbreaking productions of "King Lear", "Marat/Sade", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", and especially "The Mahabharata", has virtually reinvented the way actors and directors think about theatre.

Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Theatre Communications Group (May 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1559361697
• ISBN-13: 978-1559361699
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,571,082 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Peter Brook's Shakespeare, April 9, 2000

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This review is from: Evoking Shakespeare (Paperback)

Peter Brook has staged many successful (and unsuccessful)productions of Shakespeare. Find out what he thinks aboutcontemporizing Shakespeare. Brook writes very simply, as most of his works are transcribed speeches. This book is easy to follow and wonderfully illuminating. Has large print, so that's sort of hard to swallow. This book is packed with information, but it is a SMALL book.