The closeness of reality and the distance of myth, because if there is no distance you aren't amazed, and if there is no closeness you aren't moved.
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…
- 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… - 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…
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…
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 …
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.
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…
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…
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 …
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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