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How do you think that Peter Brook has employed the ideas/techniques of the practitioners detailed in Mitter's study? With reference to Brook's own writings, particularly The Shifting Point.
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10119319 DRA2001 How do you think that Peter Brook has employed the ideas/techniques of the practitioners detailed in Mitter's study? Please refer to Brook's own writings, particularly The Shifting Point, in answering this question. Peter Brook is one of the world's most famous directors and has much in-depth knowledge and experience of the theatre. "Brook is a key figure in modern theatre, building on the innovations of earlier practitioners ... and continuing that uniquely twentieth century institution, the director's theatre." (Halfyard, 2000:http://www.maxopus.com/essays/8songs_m.htm) Brook is known as "the leading director of his generation" (Peter Hall) and he claims he can take any empty space and call it a bare stage, but where did he get his inspiration? Who are his influences? In this essay, I am going to try and find any similarities between Brook's theatre techniques and those of Konstantin Stanislavsky, Bertolt Brecht and Jerzy Grotowski. I am looking for if he has more preference...
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