Threads of Time: Recollections - Hardcover

Brook, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 188717835X ISBN 13: 9781887178358

Publisher: Counterpoint, 1998

Synopsis

The great theater and opera director traces his career, from directing Shakespeare's dramas in the Bard's birthplace to London's West End, to his work with Laurence Olivier, Salvador Dali+a7, and other giants, to his own aesthetic and spiritual development. IP.

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Review:

When the 18-year-old, self-taught director Peter Brook brought his first play to the London stage he inaugurated a long and illustrious career. Perhaps best known for his London production of the play Marat/Sade and the nine-hour stage epic Mahabharata, Brook also directs film--Lord of the Flies is his best-known movie--and opera. In his uncommon autobiography, he assiduously avoids "personal relationships, indiscretions, indulgences, excesses, names of close friends, private angers" as well as "taboos [and] hang-ups." Instead, Brook focuses on the development of his artistic vision, his philosophical leanings and his quest for meaning in both of these areas. With Threads of Time, Brook proves that he is also a talented writer for he pulls together the strands of his experience and ideas to offer readers an evocative view of his fascinating life.

From the Back Cover:

For fifty years, Peter Brook's opera, stage, and film productions have held audiences spellbound. His visionary directing has created some of the most influential productions in contemporary theater. Now at the pinnacle of his career, Brook has given us his memoir, a luminous, inspiring work in which he reflects on his artistic fortunes, his idols and teachers, his philosophical path and personal journey. In this autobiography, the man The New York Times has called "the English-speaking world's most eminent director" and The London Times has named "theater's living legend" reveals the myriad sources behind his lifelong passion to find the most expressive way of telling a story. Whether in India's epic Mahabharata or a stage adaptation of Oliver Sask's The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, South Africa's Woza Albert or The Cherry Orchard, Brook's unique blend of practicality and vision creates unforgettable experiences for audiences worldwide.

About this edition

• Publisher: Counterpoint
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 188717835X
• ISBN 13: 9781887178358
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 212