TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brook,Peter
TI  - The open door: thoughts on acting and theatre 
SN  - 1559361026
AV  - PN 2037 B871o 1995
U1  - 792 
PY  - 1995///
CY  - New York
PB  - Theatre Communications Group
KW  - Theater
KW  - Acting
KW  - Drama
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 147); The slyness of boredom -- The golden fish -- There are no secrets
N2  - From King Lear to the Tragedy of Carmen, from Marat/Sade to the epic Mahabharata, Peter Brook has reinvented modern theatre, not once but again and again. In this book the visionary director and theorist offers a lucid, comprehensive exposition of the philosophy that underlies his work.  It is a philosophy of paradoxes: We come to the theatre to find life, but that life must be different from the life we find outside. Actors have to prepare painstakingly yet be willing to sacrifice the results of their preparation. The director's most reliable tool may be his capacity to be bored. Brook illustrates these principles with anecdotes that span his entire career and that demonstrate his familiarity with Shakespeare, Chekhov, and the indigenous theatres of India and Iran. The result is an unparalleled look at what happens both onstage and behind the scenes, fresh in its insights and elegant in its prose
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