Peter Brook: Seeker, Philosopher, Bridge Builder
In both his work and his writing, the path-breaking English director challenged all of us who make theatre to consider not only how we do it but why.
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In both his work and his writing, the path-breaking English director challenged all of us who make theatre to consider not only how we do it but why.
Adapting the Sanskrit epic into two-part spectacle for the Shaw Festival, Ravi Jain goes back to the beginning—and imagines the end.
Choice notes from an extraordinary theatregoing career, documenting trends and artists of the late 20th-century stage.
From ‘Cherry Orchard’ on Broadway to ‘Cymbeline’ in London, period transplants have varied success.
Somehow a Russian doctor who died in 1904 was able to pre-diagnose our 21st-century ways of not connecting, of spending our lives alone together.
An excerpt from the new book, “The National Theatre Story” features the feud between Laurence Oliver and Peter Brook.
Aaron Posner’s new take on the Persian adventure ‘The Conference of the Birds.’
Three European directors plumb the tragedy’s limitless possibilities.
The master director talks about Shakespeare, metaphysics, fame, and who deserves credit for his work.
He treats design—from’ Sweeney Todd’ to ‘Saturday Night Live’—as a puzzle to be solved.