The Empty Space - Brook, Peter
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A timeless classic on the art of theatre from the most influential stage director of the twentieth century.
In this seminal and iconoclastic book, groundbreaking director and cofounder of the Royal Shakespeare Company Peter Brook draws on a life in love with the stage to explore the issues facing a theatrical performance. 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…mehr

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A timeless classic on the art of theatre from the most influential stage director of the twentieth century.

In this seminal and iconoclastic book, groundbreaking director and cofounder of the Royal Shakespeare Company Peter Brook draws on a life in love with the stage to explore the issues facing a theatrical performance. 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. Along the way, Brook provides theatre-makers with an indispensable guide to creating exhilarating and fresh performances.

Passionate, unconventional, and fascinating, The Empty Space shows how theatre defies rules, builds and shatters illusions, and creates lasting memories for its audiences.
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Autorenporträt
Peter Brook was one of the world’s best-known theatre directors. His remarkable achievements include his productions of Titus Andronicus with Laurence Olivier, King Lear with Paul Scofield, and Marat/Sade and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, both for the Royal Shakespeare Company. After moving to Paris and establishing the International Centre for Theatre Research in 1970 and the International Centre for Theatre Creation when he opened the Bouffes du Nord in 1974, he produced a series of events which pushed at the boundaries of theatre, including Conference of the Birds, The Ik, The Mahabharata, and The Tragedy of Carmen. His films included Lord of the Flies, Marat/Sade, King Lear, The Mahabharata, Tell Me Lies, and Meetings with Remarkable Men. Brook was the author of The Empty Space, The Quality of Mercy, and Tip of the Tongue, which have been published in many languages throughout the world.
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"Peter Brook speaks of the theater of the past and the present, of its changes, of its various forms, of what he has seen and sees and of his own work. He speaks with the eloquence, and with the excitement of the explorer finding his way into a vast unknown but, he believes, knowable world...The Empty Space is a brilliantly written, even ecstatic book, full of information of the world's theater and of this ecstatic book, full of information of the world's theater and of this leading worker in the theater." -Herman Shumlin, Chicago Sun-Times

"Peter Brook has written a book that is really about the theater. When he speaks about himself, it is with a view to impart ideas pertinent to craftsmen, serious playgoers and critics alike...What I treasure most in the book is that it always harks back to the artistic, social psychological, practical bases of the theater as a concern of cultural significance." -Harold Clurman, The New York Times Book Review

"This is a brilliant book, and should be read by many besides the passionate few to whom it will be required reading." -W. A. Darlington, The Daily Telegraph (London)

"Theatergoers who care about the nature and destination of contemporary drama will be drawn to The Empty Space with ravenous interest." -Time

"The parts of the book which I enjoyed without reservation were Brook's brief but marvelous analyses of Shakespeare's King Lear and Measure for Measure, two plays of which he has made outstandingly the best production of our day." -Tyrone Guthrie, The Minneapolis Star

"A classic...a hugely influential analysis of the problems confronting contemporary theatre. It's a powerful expression of the belief that it is performance, not a play text in the abstract, that is the essence of stage art." -Paul Taylor, The Independent

"Since there is no one on the theatrical scene quite like Brook, there is no other book quite like this one. A must for any and every college library." -Choice

"Kein Regisseur hat das moderne Theater in Westeuropa stärker beeinflußt als Peter Brook, die Spuren seiner Theaterarbeit lassen sich mühelos in die Gegenwart verfolgen. Beharrlich hat er sich dem Theaterbetrieb mit seiner eingefahrenen Rhetorik widersetzt und statt dessen die Unberechenbarkeit des Theaterereignisses betont. 'Die Wahrheit im Theater ist immer auf Wanderschaft', schrieb der Regisseur vor 20 Jahren in 'Der leere Raum' - noch immer ein Klassiker der Theaterliteratur." (Rolf Suhl, Szene)
"Kaum ein anderes Buch hat für das Theater ähnliche Bedeutung erlangt; oft wird es als eine der Schriften zum Theater überhaupt bezeichnet." (Uwe Richterich, Diskurs)…mehr
"Kein Regisseur hat das moderne Theater in Westeuropa stärker beeinflußt als Peter Brook, die Spuren seiner Theaterarbeit lassen sich mühelos in die Gegenwart verfolgen. Beharrlich hat er sich dem Theaterbetrieb mit seiner eingefahrenen Rhetorik widersetzt und statt dessen die Unberechenbarkeit des Theaterereignisses betont. 'Die Wahrheit im Theater ist immer auf Wanderschaft', schrieb der Regisseur vor 20 Jahren in 'Der leere Raum' - noch immer ein Klassiker der Theaterliteratur." (Rolf Suhl, Szene)
"Kaum ein anderes Buch hat für das Theater ähnliche Bedeutung erlangt; oft wird es als eine der Schriften zum Theater überhaupt bezeichnet." (Uwe Richterich, Diskurs)