- 272 pages
- English
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- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
Hailed as "the theatrical event of this century" (Sunday Times), Peter Brook's unique dramatisation of India's great epic poem, The Mahabharata played to ecstatic audiences worldwide. 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 the 1960s to the triumphant success of The Mahabharata. With the bravura and insight of a great practitioner and explorer he reveals some of the inspiration behind his extraordinary career.
"The great thing about Brook is that, in a medium where others provide answers, he keeps asking questions. This sage and stimulating book shows that, inside a sophisticated adult mind, lurks the intemperate curiosity of a child; which is the mark of genius." (Michael Billington, Listener)
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index
(Note: numbers in boldface type refer to pages with illustrations.)
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Aborigines, here
acoustics, see sound(s)
actor(s), here
African audiences and, here, here here, here
audience and, here, here, here, here, here
characterization by, here
children as, here
Craig on, here
cultural diversity among, at Centre, here, here
directorâs relationship to, here, here
ego of, here
Gielgud and, here
Grotowski and, here, here
identification with characters by, here, here
improvisation by, see improvisation
interpretation by, here, here, here, here
love for acting of, here
masks on, here, here, here
personal search shown by, in film, here
preparation of character by, here, here
qualities of, here
Shakespeareâs contemporaneity for, here
sound structures explored by, here
space for performance and, here, here
timidity of, in approaching roles, here, here
verse plays and, here
viewpoints presented by, here
see also singer(s)
Actors Studio, here, here
Aeschylus, here
Africa, here
audiences in, here, here, here, here
the Ik in, here
International Centre in, here, here
masks from, here, here, here
Agades, Niger, here, here
Age of Gold (Watteau painting), here
AĂŻda (Verdi), here
Albera, Philippe, here
Algeria, here
Alice Springs, Australia, here
Allen, Lewis, here
Amata, Australia, here
Anderson Foundation, here
ĂnggĂ„rd, Adele, here
AnnĂ©e derniĂšre Ă Marienbad, Lâ, here, here
Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare), here
Arden, John, here
Artaud,...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- I. A Sense of Direction
- II. People on the WayâA Flashback
- III. Provocations
- IV. What is a Shakespeare?
- V. The World as a Can Opener
- VI. Filling the Empty Space
- VII. The Forty Yearsâ War
- VIII. Flickers of Life
- IX. Entering Another World
- Index
- Acknowledgments
- Photo Credits
- eCopyright