Peter Brook is regarded as one of the most important and influential directors today. Albert Hunt and Geoffrey Reeves chronicle Brook’s development beginning with his earliest productions and concluding with…

In this volume, distinguished director Peter Brook provides candid answers to questions on his work and philosophy. Topics covered range from his innovative, award-winning production of Marat/Sade to his film…

In The Shifting Point, his first book since The Empty Space, Brook assesses the lessons of his pioneering work from his brilliant debut at Stratford and the West End in…

Critical Times subjects our political overlords to the most brutal of roastings, ridiculing those who profess to lead us and holding the mighty to account. Always hilarious and beautifully crafted…

Contending that a search for realism distorts the writing of Crebillon, Marivaux, Laclos, and Stendahl, Peter Brooks considers their novels with reference to the manner in which the characters explore…

This book throws new light on the impact of informal ‘old boy’ networks on British decolonisation. He was also a key figure in the Harold Macmillan’s ‘Winds of Change’ policy…

One of the world’s most revered theatre directors reflects on the world’s most revered playwright.

Explores the issues facing theatrical performances. This work describes important developments in theatre from the last century, as well as smaller scale events, from productions by Stanislavsky to the rise…