This book throws new light on the impact of informal ‘old boy’ networks on British decolonisation. Duncan Sandys was one of the leading Conservative politicians of the middle decades of twentieth-century Britain. He was also a key figure in the Harold Macmillan’s ‘Winds of Change’ policy of decolonisation, serving as Secretary for the Colonies and Commonwealth Relations from 1960 to 1964. When he lost office he fought strenuously to undermine the new Labour Government’s attempts to acceler...

'I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage.'Peter Brook's seminal book, an acknowledged classic of theatre writing, sets out many of the ideas about theatre which informed his lifelong work as a theatre director, from his iconic 'white box' production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and his ground-breaking adaptation of The Mahabharata, to his work at the International Centre for Theatre Research.Available as an ebook for the first time sin...

"Peter Brook n'est pas seulement un metteur en scène et pas seulement un théoricien, même pragmatique, du théâtre. Sans l'avouer, du moins dans ce livre, il a de plus grandes ambitions. Le théâtre est pour lui, à coup sûr, une fin. Mais il est aussi le moyen de fonder et d'entretenir une communauté d'hommes et de femmes capables de porter atteinte, par leur seul exemple, à un ordre établi, d'apporter une inquiétude et un bonheur que d'autres arts du spectacle, trop dépendants des forces éc...

LA AUTOBIOGRAFÍA DE PETER BROOKPremio Princesa de Asturias de las Artes 2019«No siento ningún respeto por esa escuela de la biografía que cree que, con sumar todos los detalles sociales, históricos y psicológicos, aparece un retrato auténtico de una vida. Más bien me pongo del lado de Hamlet cuando pide una flauta y clama contra el intento de hacer sonar el misterio de un ser humano como si uno pudiera conocer todos sus orificios y registros».PETER BROOKDura...

A thoughtful and deeply personal book by a master theatre-maker.In Tip of the Tongue, Peter Brook takes a charming, playful and wise look at topics such as the subtle, telling differences between French and English, and the many levels on which we can appreciate the works of Shakespeare. Brook also revisits his seminal concept of the 'empty space', considering how theatre – and the world – have changed over the span of his long and distinguished career.Threaded thr...

La puerta abierta nos proporciona una absorbente visión del trabajo de Brook: cómo selecciona las obras que dirige, cómo consigue extraordinarias interpretaciones de sus actores y qué pretende a través del teatro, medio que ofrece en su opinión «la más auténtica metáfora de la vida».Brillante y provocativa mirada a la acción que transcurre no solo en escena ante los focos sino también entre bastidores, La puerta abierta es una obra esencial para cualquier persona ...

Tocando de ouvido: Reflexões sobre música e som tem como ponto de partida as aulas de piano que tinha aos 12 anos com sua professora russa, o autor inglês aborda as mais variadas facetas do espectro musical: trata de sua experiência como diretor de ópera, suas visões sobre o show business, música acidental, música concreta, Broadway, música clássica, música no teatro, trilhas cinematográficas, bem como de outros assuntos de sua predileção.

“Au théâtre, l'ennui, tel le diable, peut surgir à chaque moment. Il suffit d'un rien et il vous saute dessus. Il guette, il est vorace ! Il cherche le moment pour se glisser de manière invisible à l'intérieur d'une action, d'un geste, d'une phrase. Au théâtre, dès qu’apparait en moi l'ennui, c'est un clignotant rouge !” PETER BROOK

Peter Brook is one of the most influential directors of our time, whose productions are a byword for imagination, energy and innovation. He was born into a Russian émigré family in London and, after a turbulent time at Oxford University, he veered between directing West End comedy, new work from abroad and opera at Covent Garden. By the 1960s he was moving towards greater experimentation, with controversial works like The Marat/Sade, films like Lord of the Flies,...

Peter Brook é um dos mais renomados diretores de teatro de todos os tempos. Em Reflexões sobre Shakespeare, ele reflete sobre uma fascinante variedade de temas shakespearianos, da atemporalidade da obra do dramaturgo inglês à maneira de como os atores devem abordar seu verso. Como o próprio autor afirma, este não é um trabalho acadêmico. Aos 91 anos de idade ele apresenta uma série de impressões, memórias, experiências e conclusões temporárias sobre uma repleta vida dedicada ao fazer teatr...

In The Quality of Mercy, one of the world's most revered theatre directors reflects on a fascinating variety of Shakespearean topics.In this sequence of essays, Peter Brook debates such questions as who was the man who wrote Shakespeare's plays, why Shakespeare is never out of date, and how actors should approach Shakespeare's verse. He also revisits some of the plays which he has directed with notable brilliance, such as King Lear, Titus Andronicus and, ...

Listen to an extraordinary and probing conversation with the renowned filmmaker, theater producer, and director of "Lord of the Flies," "Marat-Sade," and "Meetings with Remarkable Men," based on Gurdjieff's book of the same title.