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    Henry James Comes Home

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    In this enthralling re-creation of American novelist Henry James' famous ten-month trip around the United States, lauded critic Peter Brooks brings to life both the literary giant and America in…

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    Reading with Peter Brooks

    Short, sharp and original commentary inspired by Peter Brooks's diverse critical work.

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    Peter Brook and the Mahabharata

    First published in 1991, Peter Brook and the Mahabharata is a collection of essays which contextualizes the production of Peter Brook's The Mahabharata.

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    The Empty Space

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    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…

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    Voice and the Actor

    Cicely Berry

    Speaking is part of a whole: an expression of inner life. Cicely Berry has based her work on the conviction that while all is present in nature our natural instincts…

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    Peter Brook

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    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…

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    Peter Brook: Threads of Time

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    An autobiography of Peter Brook charting his career of over fifty years in theatrical direction from major post-war productions, through a radicalisation of his approach in the 1960s and his…

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    Frank Lloyd Wright. 40th Ed.

    Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer

    This overview of Frank Lloyd Wright's paradigm-shifting projects scours the length and breadth of his career to bring you all the gems of his genius in one compact edition. Based…

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    Peter Brook and the Mahabharata: Critical Perspectives

    First published in 1991, Peter Brook and the Mahabharata is a collection of essays which contextualizes the production of Peter Brook’s The Mahabharata.

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    Conversations with Peter Brook: 1970-2000

    An extended conversation with one of the giants of twentieth-century theater.

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    Peter Brook: Oxford to Orghast: Oxford to Orghast

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    This text concentrates on Brook’s early years and his innovative achievements in opera, television, film and theatre. His productions are viewed seperately, in chronological order, suggesting Brook’s developing and changing…

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    Between Two Silences: Talking with Peter Brook

    Peter Brook

    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…

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    Experimental Theatre: From Stanislavsky to Peter Brook

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    James Roose-Evans, one of Britain’s most innovative directors, traces the origins of the avant-garde in the theatre through such key figures as Stanislavsky, Brecht and Grotowski.

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    Conference of the Birds: The Story of Peter Brook in Africa

    John Heilpern

    The story of a journey. In December 1972, the director Peter Brook and a troupe of actors (Helen Mirren and Yoshi Oida among them) left their Paris base to emerge…

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    Peter Brook: Oxford to Orghast: Oxford to Orghast

    R. Helfer,G. Loney

    This text concentrates on Brook’s early years and his innovative achievements in opera, television, film and theatre. His productions are viewed seperately, in chronological order, suggesting Brook’s developing and changing…

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    Conference of the Birds: The Story of Peter Brook in Africa

    John Heilpern

    The story of a journey. In December 1972, the director Peter Brook and a troupe of actors (Helen Mirren and Yoshi Oida among them) left their Paris base to emerge…

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    Experimental Theatre: From Stanislavsky to Peter Brook

    James Roose-Evans

    James Roose-Evans, one of Britain’s most innovative directors, traces the origins of the avant-garde in the theatre through such key figures as Stanislavsky, Brecht and Grotowski.

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    The Shifting Point: Forty Years of Theatrical Exploration, 1946-87

    Peter Brook

    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…

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    There Are No Secrets: Thoughts on Acting and Theatre

    Peter Brook

    Peter Brook is the most consistently innovative director in Western theatre. In these three essays he returns to the concept of his first book The Empty Space and examines what…

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    The Man Who: A Theatrical Research

    Peter Brook

    Using Oliver Sacks’ neurological study The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat as its inspiration, The Man Who offers a series of doctor/patient scenarios that examine our attempts…

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    The “Pretty Windows” Murder: The murder of George Wilson 8th September 1963

    Peter Brooks

    In 1963 George Wilson, the landlord of the Fox and Grapes public house in Sneinton, Nottingham was brutally stabbed to death outside his pub. The pub was known to all…

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    Balzac’s Lives

    Peter Brooks

    Enter the mind of French literary giant Honore de Balzac with this groundbreaking biography that illuminates the writer’s life and era through close study of the unforgettable characters and places…

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    Torrid Times

    Peter Brookes

    Torrid Times is the brilliant and unflinching new collection of sketches of contemporary political life by The Times's master of satire, Peter Brookes.

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    Playing by Ear: Reflections on Sound and Music

    Peter Brook

    A new book from one of the world’s most renowned theatre directors that explores the role of music in the theatre.

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    Henry James Goes to Paris

    Peter Brooks

    Presents the story of the year - 1875 to 1876 - when the young novelist Henry James moved to Paris, drawn by his literary idols living at the center of…

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    Enigmas of Identity

    Peter Brooks

    Draws on literature, law, and psychoanalysis to examine important aspects of the emergence of identity as a peculiarly modern preoccupation. This book addresses the social, legal, and personal anxieties provoked…

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    Duncan Sandys and the Informal Politics of Britain’s Late Decolonisation

    Peter Brooke

    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…

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    Duncan Sandys and the Informal Politics of Britain’s Late Decolonisation

    Peter Brooke

    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…

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    The Shifting Point: Theatre, Film, Opera 1946-1987

    Peter Brook

    Originally published: New York: Harper & Row, 1987.

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    The Quality of Mercy: Reflections on Shakespeare

    Peter Brook

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

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    The Novel of Worldliness: Crebillon, Marivaux, Laclos, Stendhal

    Peter Brooks

    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…

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    The Novel of Worldliness: Crebillon, Marivaux, Laclos, Stendhal

    Peter Brooks

    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…

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    A Devil’s Triangle: Terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Rogue States

    Peter Brookes

    The threats of the Cold War were supplanted by a national security environment characterized by unpredictable, motivated, capable adversaries posing multiple threats. This work reminds Americans that the world continues…

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    Tip of the Tongue: Reflections on Language and Meaning

    Peter Brook

    A wise, playful and deeply personal book by master theatre-maker Peter Brook.

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    Critical Times

    Peter Brookes

    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…

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    Threads of Time: Recollections

    Peter Brook

    Director Peter Brook reveals the myriad sources driving his lifelong passion for finding the most expressive way to tell a story. Over the years we watch his metamorphosis from traditionalist…

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    The Open Door: Thoughts on Acting and Theatre

    Peter Brook

    The former director of the Royal Shakespeare Company and current head of the International Centre for Theatre Creation in Paris presents three wide-ranging essays on his work - how he…

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    Flaubert in the Ruins of Paris: The Story of a Friendship, a Novel, and a Terrible Year

    Peter Brooks

    In 1869, Gustave Flaubert published what he considered to be his masterwork novel, A SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION, which told a deeply human and deeply pessimistic story of the 1848 revolutions. The…

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    The Quality of Mercy: Reflections on Shakespeare

    Peter Brook

    One of the world’s most revered theatre directors reflects on a fascinating variety of Shakespearean topics.

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    The Quality of Mercy: Reflections on Shakespeare

    Peter Brook

    One of the world’s most revered theatre directors reflects on a fascinating variety of Shakespearean topics.

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    Playing by Ear: Reflections on Sound and Music

    Peter Brook

    A collection of new essays from the world-renowned director, offering unique and personal insights into sound and music.

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    Evoking (and forgetting!) Shakespeare

    Peter Brook

    Renowned theatre director Peter Brook on the essential questions facing anyone performing Shakespeare today.

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    Tip of the Tongue: Reflections on Language and Meaning

    Peter Brook

    A wise, playful and deeply personal book by master theatre-maker Peter Brook.

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    Troubling Confessions

    Peter Brooks

    This text juxtaposes cases from law and literature to view the kinds of truth we associate with confessions, and why we both rely on them and regard them with suspicion…

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    The Melodramatic Imagination: Balzac, Henry James, Melodrama, and the Mode of Excess

    Peter Brooks

    This text argues that melodrama is a crucial mode of expression in modern literature. After studying stage melodrama as a dominant popular form in the 1800s, the author looks at…

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    Realist Vision

    Peter Brooks

    Explores the claim to represent the world ‘as it is’. This work takes a fresh look at the realist tradition and its intense interest in the visual. Discussing major English…

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    The Emperor’s Body: A Novel

    Peter Brooks

    Napoleon, twenty years dead, rises like a phoenix over the politics of France and the destinies of three lovers.

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    Reading for the Plot: Design and Intention in Narrative

    Peter Brooks

    A book which should appeal to both literary theorists and to readers of the novel, this study invites the reader to consider how the plot reflects the patterns of human…

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