The Mahabharata: Peter Brooks' Epic in the Making. This item is unavailable.The Mahabharata: Peter Brooks' Epic in the Making

Recounts Brook's filming of his version of India's great epic poem, and discusses the background of the Mahabharata and its influence on Indian culture

Like most Brook's productions, the staging of the Mahabharta met with its share of controversies. But in spite of an unsuccessful American tour, a nine-hour film version of the epic is scheduled for PBS's Great Performances series this spring. O'Connor, former director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, gives a hodge-podge chronicle of Brook's search for sponsors, suitable cast, and stage for the film. Applauded runs of the play at Britain's Old Transport Museum and a granite quarry in Perth led to choice of setting for the film version: Paris's Joinville Studios, now marked for demolition. The creation of phantasmagoric landscapes, costumes, make-up, and props, captured in Abegg's photographs, adds to this close-up of the "king of image makers" at work. For those interested in the modern stage.
-Bibi S. Thompson, "Library Journal "
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