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 The Open Door 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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