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THE EMPTY SPACE - PETER BROOK KARTONIERT (TB)

Adapted from a series of four lectures  originally delivered as the first of the Granada
Northern Lectures Peter Brook's The Empty Space is an exploration of four aspects of theatre 
'Deadly  Holy  Rough and Immediate'  published in Penguin Modern Classics. 'I can take any
empty space and call it a bare stage' 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 Gielgud and Paul Scofield to a
joyous impromptu performance in the burnt-out shell of the Hamburg Opera just after the war.
Passionate  unconventional and fascinating  his book shows how theatre defies rules  builds and
shatters illusions and creates lasting memories for its audiences. Peter Stephen Paul Brook CH
CBE (b. 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. 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. If you enjoyed The Empty Space  you
might like John Berger's Ways of Seeing  also available in Penguin Modern Classics. 'A
brilliant book ... should be read by the many besides the passionate few to whom it will be
required reading'Daily Telegraph.

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