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Peter Brook : Oxford to Orghast / edited by Richard Helfer and Glenn Loney.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Contemporary theatre studies ; 1049-6513. v. 27.
- Contemporary theatre studies, 1049-6513 ; v. 27
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brook, Peter, 1925-2022--Criticism and interpretation.
- Brook, Peter.
- Brook, Peter, 1925-2022--Interviews.
- Theatrical producers and directors--Great Britain--Interviews.
- Theatrical producers and directors.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (349 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Oxford to Orghast
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam, Netherlands : Harwood Academic Publishers, c1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Peter Brook is known internationally as a theatre visionary, and a daring experimenter on the cutting-edge of performance and production. This book concentrates on Brook's early years, and his innovative achievements in opera, television, film, and the theatre. His productions are viewed separately, in chronological order, suggesting Brook's developing and changing interests. The authors include thought-provoking interviews with Brook (and with numerous outstanding artists who have worked with him) and bring to the reader penetrating critiques of Brook's theories and practices as a man of the
- Contents:
- PETER BROOK: Oxford to Orghast; Copyright; Contents; Introduction to the Series; Preface; Production Chronology: Oxford to Orghast; List of Peter Brook's productions (1942-1971); Descriptions of Peter Brook's productions (1942-1971); Interviews: Oxford to Orghast to India; Myth and Music: Resonances across continents and centuries as explored by Peter Brook and his ensemble; US Rehearsal Break: Comments by Peter Brook; A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Drama Desk: Peter Brook and major players discuss the production in New York
- Peter Brook's Birds Take Wing: With Sally Jacobs before the American tourPeter Brook on La Tragédie de Carmen; Marat/Sade as play and film: Stanley Kauffmann compares!; Richard Peaslee: Creating music for Peter Brook; Lord of the Flies in production; Peter Brook's Quest: Margaret Croyden traces it; Working with Brook: Bruce Myers and Robert Langdon Lloyd discuss The Mahabharata and other adventures; Peter Brook at the CUNY Graduate Center; Bibliography; Index to the Production Chronology; Index to the Interviews
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-65040-7
- 0-203-05964-6
- 1-283-84700-0
- 1-136-65033-4
- 9780203059647
- OCLC:
- 821173481
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