Evoking and Forgetting Shakespeare (Dramatic Contexts) - Softcover

Brook, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1559362219 ISBN 13: 9781559362214

Publisher: Theatre Communications Group, 2003

Synopsis

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.

About this title

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1559362219
• ISBN 13: 9781559362214
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64