Between Two Silences: Talking with Peter Brook

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Southern Methodist University Press, 1999 - Art - 185 pages
In this volume Peter Brook is in dialogue with college students and faculty. Theatre professor Dale Moffitt has edited and arranged by subject twelve hours of spontaneous question and answer sessions from Brook's visit to the Southern Methodist University campus.

Ranging widely over many topics, Brook talks about his innovative and award-winning production of Marat/Sade, his film and stage versions of King Lear, his nine-hour production of the Indian epic The Mahabharata. With passion and clarity he discusses acting, directing, auditions, film vs. the stage, his responses to the work of other theatre figures like Grotowski and Artaud, and the multiculturalism which characterizes his most recent work.

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Elements of a Theatre Aesthetic
3
Acting and Directing
51
Design
79
Copyright

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About the author (1999)

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. Moffitt acted professionally for eight years and has served as head of three undergraduate actor training programs.

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