We are aware that the conductor is not really making the music, it is making him -- if he is relaxed, open and attuned, then the invisible will take possession of him; through him, it will reach us.
Preparing a character is the opposite of building-it is a demolishing, removing brick by brick everything in the actor's muscles, ideas and inhibitio… - Peter Brook
Preparing a character is the opposite of building-it is a demolishing, removing brick by brick everything in the actor's muscles, ideas and inhibitio…
- Peter Brook
Nothing in theatre has any meaning before or after. Meaning is now. - Peter Brook
Nothing in theatre has any meaning before or after. Meaning is now.
The purpose of theatre is... making an event in which a group of fragments are sudde nly brought together... in a community which, by the natural la… - Peter Brook
The purpose of theatre is... making an event in which a group of fragments are sudde nly brought together... in a community which, by the natural la…
I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage. A man walks across this empty space, whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that i… - Peter Brook
I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage. A man walks across this empty space, whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that i…
Drama is exposure; it is confrontation; it is contradiction and it leads to analysis, construction, recognition and eventually to an awakening of und… - Peter Brook
Drama is exposure; it is confrontation; it is contradiction and it leads to analysis, construction, recognition and eventually to an awakening of und…
It takes a long while for a director to cease thinking in terms of the result he desires and instead concentrate on discovering the source of energy … - Peter Brook
It takes a long while for a director to cease thinking in terms of the result he desires and instead concentrate on discovering the source of energy …
Shakespeare doesn't belong to the past. If his material is valid, it is valid now. It's like coal. The only meaningfulness of a piece of coal starts … - Peter Brook
Shakespeare doesn't belong to the past. If his material is valid, it is valid now. It's like coal. The only meaningfulness of a piece of coal starts …
Time, which is so often an enemy in life, can also become our ally if we see how a pale moment can lead to a glowing moment, and then turn to a momen… - Peter Brook
Time, which is so often an enemy in life, can also become our ally if we see how a pale moment can lead to a glowing moment, and then turn to a momen…
Tradition itself, in times of dogmatism and dogmatic revolution, is a revolutionary force which must be safeguarded. - Peter Brook
Tradition itself, in times of dogmatism and dogmatic revolution, is a revolutionary force which must be safeguarded.
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