The Empty Space by Peter Brook - ISBN: 9780141189222
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Explore theatre’s magic: defying rules, shattering illusions, creating memories.

The Empty Space

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  • Paperback

    160 pages

  • Release Date

    3 April 2008

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Summary

In The Empty Space, groundbreaking director Peter Brook draws on a life in love with the stage to explore the issues facing any theatrical performance. Here he describes important developments in theatre from the last century, as well as smaller scale events, from productions by Stanislavsky to the rise of Method Acting, from Brecht’s revolutionary alienation technique to the free form Happenings of the 1960s, and from the different styles of such great Shakespearean actors as John G…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780141189222
ISBN-10:0141189223
Author:Peter Brook
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:160
Release Date:3 April 2008
Weight:124g
Dimensions:197mm x 129mm x 9mm
Series:Penguin Modern Classics
About The Author

Peter Brook

Peter Stephen Paul Brook CH CBE (born 21 March 1925) is a highly influential British theatrical producer and director. During the 1950s he worked on many productions in Britain, Europe, and the USA, and in 1962 returned to Stratford-upon-Avon to join the newly established Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). Throughout the next the 1960’s he directed many ground breaking productions for the RSC before in 1970 forming The International Centre for Theatre Research in Paris.

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