Peter Brook The Empty Space

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Peter brook the empty space. The empty space is a 1968 book by the british director peter brook examining four modes or points of view on theatre. Brook peter the empty space. I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage. As relevant as when it was first published in 1968 groundbreaking director and cofounder of the royal shakespeare company peter brook draws on a life in love with the stage to explore.

From director and cofounder of the royal shakespeare company peter brook the empty space is a timeless analysis of theatre from the most influential stage director of the twentieth century. I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage peter brook s seminal book an acknowledged classic of theatre writing sets out many of the ideas about theatre which have informed his lifelong work as a theatre director from his iconic white box production of a midsummer night s dream and his ground breaking adaptation of the mahabharata to his ongoing work at the international centre for theatre research. The book is based on a series of four lectures endowed by granada television and delivered at manchester keele hull and sheffield universities in england.