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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “mr peter brook”
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  • Peter Brook: Threads Of Time

    A Memoir

    by Mr Peter Brook ...
    Series series Biography and Autobiography
    "First there was the master conjurer adept at musicals, farces, opera and Shakespeare. Then there was the philosopher-king ... who has devoted his energies to a quest for a theatre that was simple in form and rich in meaning." - Michael BillingtonThe theatre's greatest contemporary director tells the story of his life.Peter Brook was the modern stage's greatest inventor. For over 50 years he held ... Read more

    $28.89 USD

  • The Shifting Point

    Forty Years of Theatrical Exploration, 1946-87

    by Mr Peter Brook ...
    Series series Biography and Autobiography
    Hailed as "the theatrical event of this century" (Sunday Times), Peter Brook's unique dramatisation of India's great epic poem, The Mahabharata played to ecstatic audiences worldwide. In The Shifting Point, his first book since The Empty Space, Brook assesses the lessons of his pioneering work from his brilliant debut at Stratford and the West End in the 1960s to the triumphant success of The ... Read more

    $24.19 USD

  • The Man Who

    A Theatrical Research

    by Mr Peter Brook ...
    Series series Modern Plays
    "Peter Brook is not only one of the truly outstanding directors of our time, he is also, undoubtedly, the only one whose skill as a writer equals his genius as a practitioner of the theatre." - Martin EsslinA new work from Peter Brook - the contemporary theatre's greatest inventor.Whatever the social and national barriers, we all have a brain and we think we know it. But, the moment we go inside, ... Read more

    $15.39 USD

  • There Are No Secrets

    Thoughts on Acting and Theatre

    by Mr Peter Brook ...
    Series series Biography and Autobiography
    Peter Brook was the most consistently innovative director in Western theatre. In these three essays he returns to the concept of his first book The Empty Space and examines what that means for the life of a production. How can a company establish its own "empty space" - a rehearsal and performance environment which will encourage the actors to abandon the security of the hackneyed and release ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • The Mahabharata

    by Jean-Claude Carrière ...
    Translated by Mr Peter Brook ...
    Series series Modern Plays
    A unique dramatization of India's greatest epic poem, fifteen times longer than the Bible, The Mahabharata has played to enthralled audiences throughout Europe, the Far East and America. Regarded as the culmination of Peter Brook's extraordinary research into the possibilities of theatre, the production has been hailed as the 'theatrical event of this century' (Sunday Times). British audiences ... Read more

    $15.29 USD

  • The Shifting Point

    Forty Years of Theatrical Exploration, 1946–87

    by Mr Peter Brook ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Revelations
    Hailed as 'the theatrical event of this century' (Sunday Times), Peter Brook's unique dramatization of India's great epic poem, The Mahabharata played to ecstatic audiences worldwide. In The Shifting Point, one of theatre's great visionaries assesses the lessons of his pioneering work from his brilliant debut at Stratford and the West End in the 1960s to the triumphant success of The Mahabharata. ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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    by Stephen Bayley ...
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  • Sinister Resonance

    The Mediumship of the Listener

    by David Toop ...
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  • Blue Arabesque

    A Search for the Sublime

    by Patricia Hampl ...
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  • Tip of the Tongue

    Reflections on Language and Meaning

    by Peter Brook ...
    A thoughtful and deeply personal book by a master theatre-maker.In Tip of the Tongue, Peter Brook takes a charming, playful and wise look at topics such as the subtle, telling differences between French and English, and the many levels on which we can appreciate the works of Shakespeare. Brook also revisits his seminal concept of the 'empty space', considering how theatre – and the world – have ... Read more

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