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Peter Stephen Paul Brook CH, CBE
Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom....
 (born 21 March 1925) is a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 theatre and film director
Film director

A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
 and innovator.

in Chiswick
Chiswick

Chiswick is an affluent area of West London, located west of Charing Cross, which covers the eastern part of the London Borough of Hounslow....
, west London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, the second son of Simon and Ida Brook, and educated at Westminster School
Westminster School

The Royal College of St. Peter in Westminster, almost always known as Westminster School, is one of Britain's leading independent schools, with the highest Oxbridge acceptance rate of any secondary school or college....
, Gresham's School
Gresham's School

Gresham?s School is a Independent school coeducational boarding school at Holt, Norfolk in North Norfolk, England, a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference....
, Holt
Holt, Norfolk

Holt is a market town and parish in the England Counties of England of Norfolk. The town is north of the city of Norwich, west of Cromer and east of King's Lynn....
, and Magdalen College
Magdalen College, Oxford

Magdalen College redirects here, see also Magdalene College, CambridgeMagdalen College is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford of the University of Oxford in England....
, Oxford
University of Oxford

The University of Oxford , located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation in the English-speaking world....
.

While at Gresham's he directed The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus

The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus is a play by Christopher Marlowe, based on the Faust story, in which a man sells his soul to the devil for power and knowledge....
, and while at Oxford The Infernal Machine
The Infernal Machine

The Infernal Machine is a play by the French dramatist Jean Cocteau, based on the ancient Greek myth of Oedipus. It received its premi?re in 1934 in literature#New drama under the direction of Louis Jouvet....
. In 1945–1946, he worked at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Birmingham Repertory Theatre

Birmingham Repertory Theatre is a theatre and theatre company based on Centenary Square in Birmingham, England. It is one of the most influential companies in the history of the English Stage....
 on productions of Man and Superman
Man and Superman

Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw was written in 1903 as a four act drama, responding to those who had questioned Shaw as to why he had never written a play based on the Don Juan theme....
, King John
King John

The Life and Death of King John, a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatises the reign of King John of England , son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine and father of Henry III of England....
, and The Lady from the Sea
The Lady from the Sea

For the painting, see Edvard MunchThe Lady from the Sea is a Play written in 1888 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen....
. In 1946, his first London production was Vicious Circle
Vicious Circle

Vicious Circle is an album released in 1995 by L.A. Guns. Most of the songs feature Phil Lewis on lead vocals, but the track "Nothing Better To Do" features Kelly Nickels on lead vocals, and "Tarantula" is instrumental....
.






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Peter Stephen Paul Brook CH, CBE
Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom....
 (born 21 March 1925) is a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 theatre and film director
Film director

A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
 and innovator.

Biography


Life

Born in Chiswick
Chiswick

Chiswick is an affluent area of West London, located west of Charing Cross, which covers the eastern part of the London Borough of Hounslow....
, west London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, the second son of Simon and Ida Brook, and educated at Westminster School
Westminster School

The Royal College of St. Peter in Westminster, almost always known as Westminster School, is one of Britain's leading independent schools, with the highest Oxbridge acceptance rate of any secondary school or college....
, Gresham's School
Gresham's School

Gresham?s School is a Independent school coeducational boarding school at Holt, Norfolk in North Norfolk, England, a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference....
, Holt
Holt, Norfolk

Holt is a market town and parish in the England Counties of England of Norfolk. The town is north of the city of Norwich, west of Cromer and east of King's Lynn....
, and Magdalen College
Magdalen College, Oxford

Magdalen College redirects here, see also Magdalene College, CambridgeMagdalen College is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford of the University of Oxford in England....
, Oxford
University of Oxford

The University of Oxford , located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation in the English-speaking world....
.

While at Gresham's he directed The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus

The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus is a play by Christopher Marlowe, based on the Faust story, in which a man sells his soul to the devil for power and knowledge....
, and while at Oxford The Infernal Machine
The Infernal Machine

The Infernal Machine is a play by the French dramatist Jean Cocteau, based on the ancient Greek myth of Oedipus. It received its premi?re in 1934 in literature#New drama under the direction of Louis Jouvet....
. In 1945–1946, he worked at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Birmingham Repertory Theatre

Birmingham Repertory Theatre is a theatre and theatre company based on Centenary Square in Birmingham, England. It is one of the most influential companies in the history of the English Stage....
 on productions of Man and Superman
Man and Superman

Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw was written in 1903 as a four act drama, responding to those who had questioned Shaw as to why he had never written a play based on the Don Juan theme....
, King John
King John

The Life and Death of King John, a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatises the reign of King John of England , son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine and father of Henry III of England....
, and The Lady from the Sea
The Lady from the Sea

For the painting, see Edvard MunchThe Lady from the Sea is a Play written in 1888 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen....
. In 1946, his first London production was Vicious Circle
Vicious Circle

Vicious Circle is an album released in 1995 by L.A. Guns. Most of the songs feature Phil Lewis on lead vocals, but the track "Nothing Better To Do" features Kelly Nickels on lead vocals, and "Tarantula" is instrumental....
. In 1947, he went to Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon

Stratford-upon-Avon is a market town and civil parish in south Warwickshire, England. It lies on the River Avon, Warwickshire, south east of Birmingham and south west of the county town, Warwick....
 as assistant director on Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet is a Shakespearean tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young "Star-crossed" whose untimely deaths ultimately unite their feuding families....
 and Love's Labour's Lost
Love's Labour's Lost

Love's Labour's Lost is one of William Shakespeare's early comedies, believed to have been written in the mid-1590s, and first published in 1598....
. From 1947 to 1950, he was Director of Productions at the Royal Opera House
Royal Opera House

The Royal Opera House is an opera house and major performing arts venue in the London district of Covent Garden. The large building, often referred to as simply "Covent Garden", is the home of Royal Opera, London , Royal Ballet, London and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House....
, Covent Garden
Covent Garden

Covent Garden is a district in London, England, located on the easternmost parts of the City of Westminster and the southwest corner of the London Borough of Camden....
. A proliferation of stage and screen work as producer
Theatrical producer

A theatrical producer is the person ultimately responsible for overseeing all aspects of mounting a Theatre. The independent producer will usually be the originator and finder of the script and starts the whole process....
 and director
Film director

A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
 followed.

In 1951, Brook married the actress Natasha Parry and together they have one son and one daughter.

In 1970, with Micheline Rozan, Brook founded the International Centre for Theatre Research
International Centre for Theatre Research

The International Centre for Theatre Research sometimes also known as The International Centre for Theatre Creation was founded in 1970 by Peter Brook and Micheline Rozan....
, a multinational company of actors, dancers, musicians and others which travelled widely in the Middle East
Middle East

File:GreaterMiddleEast1.pngThe Middle East is a region that spans southwestern Asia, western Asia, and northeastern Africa. It has no clear boundaries, often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East....
 and Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
 in the early 1970s. It is now based in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
 at the Bouffes du Nord theatre
Bouffes du Nord

The Bouffes du Nord is a theater behind the Gare du Nord in Paris. Founded in 1876 by Wilhelm II, German Emperor, it had an erratic existence and seemed that it would never get off the ground....
. In 2008 he made the decision to resign as artistic director of Bouffes du Nord, handing over to Olivier Mantei and Olivier Poubelle in 2011.

Influences

His work is inspired by the theories of experimental theatre of Jerzy Grotowski
Jerzy Grotowski

Jerzy Grotowski was a Polish theatre director and innovator of experimental theater, and the "theatre laboratory" and "poor theatre" concepts....
 , Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht

was a Germany poet, playwright, and theatre director. An influential theatre practitioner of the Twentieth-century theatre, Brecht made equally significant contributions to dramaturgy and Theatre, the latter particularly through the seismic impact of the tours undertaken by the Berliner Ensemble?the post-war theatre company operated by Brec...
, Meyerhold, G. I. Gurdjieff
G. I. Gurdjieff

George Ivanovich Gurdjieff ; January 13, 1866? ? October 29, 1949), was a Greeks-Armenian mysticism, a teacher of sacred dances and a spirituality teacher....
 and the works of Edward Gordon Craig
Edward Gordon Craig

Edward Gordon Craig , sometimes known as Gordon Craig, was a England modernism theatre practitioner; he worked as an actor, Theatrical producer, Theatre director and scenic designer, as well as developing an influential body of theoretical writings....
 and Stuart Davis
Stuart Davis

Stuart Davis or Davies may refer to:* Stuart Davis * Stuart Davis * Stuart Davies, Welsh rugby union player* Stewart Davies, former chairman of Darlington F.C....
.

Brook was influenced by the work of Antonin Artaud
Antonin Artaud

Antoine Marie Joseph Artaud, better known as Antonin Artaud was a France playwright, poet, actor and theatre director. Antonin is a diminutive form of Antoine , and was among a long list of names which Artaud used throughout his life....
 and his ideas for his well-named Theatre of Cruelty
Theatre of Cruelty

The Theatre of Cruelty is a concept in Antonin Artaud's book The Theatre and its Double. ?Without an element of cruelty at the root of every spectacle, the theater is not possible....
.

In England, at the Royal Shakespeare Company, Peter Brook and Charles Marowitz undertook The Theatre of Cruelty Season in 1964, aiming to explore ways in which Artaud's ideas could be used to find new forms of expression and retrain the performer. The result was a showing of 'works in progress' made up of improvisations and sketches, one of which was the premier of Artaud's Jet of Blood
Jet of Blood

Jet of Blood , also known as Spurt of Blood, is an extremely short play by the French Surrealist theatre practitioner, Antonin Artaud. Jet of Blood was completed in Paris, on January 17, 1925, perhaps in its entirety on that day alone....
– Lee Jamieson
Lee Jamieson

Lee Jamieson , is an England author, journalist and lecturer....
, Antonin Artaud: From Theory to Practice, Greenwich Exchange, 2007


The Empty Space

Peter Brook's book The Empty Space was a highly influential piece of work. It consists of 4 parts, each describing a version of the notion and nature of theatre. Each section is an adaptation of a speech he gave at various Universities. For this reason this book has an accessible, fluid tone.

The opening couple of sentences are extremely widely quoted:

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 I need for an act of theatre to be engaged


This quote has become something of a mantra for practitioners of site-specific theatre, and also for those working with devising..

The Empty Space strips theatre down to the bare bones of what performance is, rejecting the necessity for traditional theatre spaces, elements or forms in themselves, and placed a huge emphasis on the direct relationship between actor and audience. These ideas are shared with Jerzy Grotowski
Jerzy Grotowski

Jerzy Grotowski was a Polish theatre director and innovator of experimental theater, and the "theatre laboratory" and "poor theatre" concepts....
.

The Mahabharata

In the mid 1970s, Brook, with writer Jean-Claude Carrière
Jean-Claude Carrière

Jean-Claude Carri?re is an award-winning screenwriter and actor. Alumnus of the ?cole normale sup?rieure de Saint-Cloud, he was a frequent collaborator with Luis Bu?uel....
, began work on adapting the Indian epic poem the Mahabharata
Mahabharata

The is one of the two major Sanskrit Indian epic poetrys of History of India, the other being the '. The epic is part of the Hindu itihasa , and forms an important part of Hindu mythology....
 into a stage play which was first performed in 1985 and then later into a televised mini series. The production using an international cast caused heated intercultural debate. Negative criticism came from Indian scholar Pradip Bhattacharya who felt that Brook's interpretation "was not a portrayal of a titanic clash between the forces of good and evil, which is the stuff of the epic... [but] the story of the warring progeny of some rustic landlord".

Tierno Bokar

In 2005 Brook directed Tierno Bokar
Tierno Bokar

Tierno Bokar was an African mystic, Sufi sage, and a Muslim spiritual teacher of the early twentieth century famous for his message of religious tolerance and universal love....
, based on the life of the Malian
Malian

Malian may refer to:* Something of, from, or related to Mali, a country in West Africa* A person from Mali, or of Malian descent. For information about the Malian people, see Demographics of Mali and Culture of Mali....
 sufi of the same name. The play was adapted for the stage by Marie-Helene Estienne from a book by Amadou Hampate Ba
Amadou Hampâté Bâ

Amadou Hamp?t? B? was a Malian writer and ethnology....
 (translated into English under A Spirit of Tolerance: The Inspiring Life of Tierno Bokar
A Spirit of Tolerance: The Inspiring Life of Tierno Bokar

A Spirit of Tolerance: The Inspiring Life of Tierno Bokar is the only English language translation of Amadou Hampate Ba?s book Vie en enseignement de Tierno Bokar, le sage de Bandiagara , originally written in French language....
). The book and play detail Bokar's life and message of religious tolerance. Columbia University
Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York , is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Columbia's main campus lies in the Morningside Heights, Manhattan neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City....
 produced 44 related events, lectures, and workshops that were attended by over 3,200 people throughout the run of Tierno Bokar. Panel discussions focused on topics of religious tolerance and Muslim
Muslim

:A Muslim , , is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah . Literally, the word means "one who submits "....
 tradition
Tradition

The word tradition comes from the Latin traditionem, acc. of traditio which means "handing over, passing on", and is used in a number of ways in the English language:...
 in West Africa
West Africa

West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. Geopolitically, the United Nations subregion of Western Africa includes the following 16 countries distributed over an area of approximately 5 million square km:...
.

Work


Major productions for the RSC

  • 1950 Measure for Measure
    Measure for Measure

    Measure for Measure is a Play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604. It was originally classified as a comedy, but is now also classified as one of Shakespeare's Problem plays s....
     with John Gielgud
    John Gielgud

    Sir Arthur John Gielgud, Order of Merit , Companion of Honour was an England actor and singer, particularly known for his warm and expressive voice, which his colleague Alec Guinness likened to "a silver trumpet muffled in silk"....
     (Shakespeare Memorial Theatre)
  • 1952 The Winter's Tale
    The Winter's Tale

    The Winter's Tale is a play by William Shakespeare, first published in the First Folio in 1623. Although it was listed as a comedy when it first appeared, some modern editors have relabeled the play a Romance ....
     with John Gielgud
    John Gielgud

    Sir Arthur John Gielgud, Order of Merit , Companion of Honour was an England actor and singer, particularly known for his warm and expressive voice, which his colleague Alec Guinness likened to "a silver trumpet muffled in silk"....
     (Shakespeare Memorial Theatre)
  • 1958 Titus Andronicus
    Titus Andronicus

    Titus Andronicus may be William Shakespeare earliest tragedy; it is believed to have been written sometime between 1584 and the early 1590s....
     with Laurence Olivier
    Laurence Olivier

    Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, Order of Merit was an English people Stage actor, Theatre director, and Theatrical producer. He is one of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century, along with his contemporaries John Gielgud, Peggy Ashcroft and Ralph Richardson....
     (Shakespeare Memorial Theatre)
  • 1962 King Lear
    King Lear

    King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606, and is considered one of his greatest works....
     with Paul Scofield
    Paul Scofield

    David Paul Scofield, Order of the Companions of Honour, Order of the British Empire was an England award-winning actor of stage and screen. Noted for his distinctive voice and delivery, Scofield received an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for his performance as Sir Thomas More in the 1966 in film film A Man for All Seasons , a reprise of...
  • 1964 Marat/Sade
    Marat/Sade

    The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade , almost invariably shortened to Marat/Sade, is a 1963 play by Peter Weiss....
  • 1966 US an anti-Vietnam protest play with the The Royal Shakespeare Company, documented in the film Benefit of the Doubt
    Benefit of the Doubt

    Benefit of the Doubt is a 1967 documentary on Peter Brook's anti-Vietnam protest play, with the Royal Shakespeare Company, known under the title US....
  • 1970 A Midsummer Night's Dream
    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic love Shakespearean comedies by William Shakespeare, suggested by "The Knight's Tale" from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, written around 1594 to 1596....
     with John Kane (Puck), Jennie Stoller (Helena), Ben Kingsley
    Ben Kingsley

    Sir Ben Kingsley, Order of the British Empire is an England actor. One of United Kingdom's most acclaimed and well-known performers, he is one of few men to have won all four major motion picture acting awards, receiving Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award awards throughout his career....
     and Patrick Stewart
    Patrick Stewart

    Patrick Hewes Stewart, Order of the British Empire is an English film, television and Stage actor. He is also Chancellor of the University of Huddersfield....


Other major productions

  • Hamlet
    Hamlet

    Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601. The play, set in Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle King Claudius, who has murdered King Hamlet, the King, and then taken the throne and married Gertrude ....
     with Paul Scofield
    Paul Scofield

    David Paul Scofield, Order of the Companions of Honour, Order of the British Empire was an England award-winning actor of stage and screen. Noted for his distinctive voice and delivery, Scofield received an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for his performance as Sir Thomas More in the 1966 in film film A Man for All Seasons , a reprise of...
  • The Visit
    The Visit

    The Visit is a 1956 in literature tragicomedy by the Swiss dramatist Friedrich D?rrenmatt. It is probably the best known of his works in the English-speaking world, particularly due to its frequent study in German A-Level and Higher courses....
     with Alfred Lunt
    Alfred Lunt

    Alfred Lunt was an American Tony Award-winning stage director and actor....
     and Lynn Fontanne
    Lynn Fontanne

    Lynn Fontanne was a United Kingdom-born actress who was a major stage star in the United States for over 40 years, and who with her husband Alfred Lunt was part of the most acclaimed acting team in the history of the American theater....
  • Marat/Sade
    Marat/Sade

    The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade , almost invariably shortened to Marat/Sade, is a 1963 play by Peter Weiss....
  • Oedipus
    Oedipus the King

    Oedipus the King is an Classical Athens tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed c. 429 B.C.E. It was the second of Sophocles' three Theban plays to be produced, but it comes first in the internal chronology, followed by Oedipus at Colonus and then Antigone ....
     with John Gielgud
    John Gielgud

    Sir Arthur John Gielgud, Order of Merit , Companion of Honour was an England actor and singer, particularly known for his warm and expressive voice, which his colleague Alec Guinness likened to "a silver trumpet muffled in silk"....
     and Irene Worth
    Irene Worth

    Irene Worth, Honorary Order of the British Empire was an American stage and screen actress who became one of the leading stars of the England and USA theatre....
  • The Conference of the Birds
    The Conference of the Birds

    The Conference of the Birds is a book of poems in Persian language by Farid ud-Din Attar of approximately 4500 lines. The poem uses a journey by a group of 30 birds, led by a hoopoe as an allegory of a Sufi sheikh or master leading his pupils to enlightenment....
  • The Ik
    IK

    IK or Ik may mean:*Traditional knowledge, a program run by the World Bank*Inupiak language *Ik A Ugandan tribe*Ik River in Russia*IK code is a classification of resistance to mechanical impacts...
  • The Mahabharata
    The Mahabharata (1989 film)

    The Mahabharata is a 1989 in film film version of the Hindu epic poetry, Mahabharata, directed by Peter Brook. Brook's original 1985 stage play was 9 hours long, and toured around the world for four years....
  • Orghast in Persepolis
    Orghast

    Orghast was the International Centre for Theatre Research's first public performance at an international event. Peter Brook and Ted Hughes collaborated to create a comprehensive myth, weaving in and out of the Prometheus Mythology, to be performed at the Shiraz/Persepolis festival in Iran, which had given the group its first commission....
  • 1960: The Balcony
    The Balcony

    The Balcony is a play by the French dramatist Jean Genet. Since Peter Zadek directed its first production at the Arts Theatre in London in 1957 in literature#New drama, the play has attracted many of the greatest Theatre director of the Twentieth-century theatre, including Peter Brook, Erwin Piscator, Roger Blin, Giorgio Strehler, and Jo...
     (French première) with Marie Bell
    Marie Bell

    Marie Bell, born Marie-Jeanne Bellon , was French tragedian, comic actor and stage director. She was the director of the th??tre du Gymnase Marie Bell in Paris from 1962 onwards, and this theatre now bears her name....
     and Roger Blin
    Roger Blin

    Roger Blin was a French people actor and director notable for directing the first production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot.Blin was the son of a doctor; however, despite his father's wishes, Blin forged a career in the theatre....


Filmography

  • 1953, The Beggar's Opera
    The Beggar's Opera (film)

    Peter Brook's film version of The Beggar's Opera was made in 1953 starring Laurence Olivier, Dorothy Tutin, Stanley Holloway and others. Olivier and Holloway do their own singing in this film, but Dorothy Tutin and several others are dubbed....
  • 1960, Moderato Cantabile
    Seven Days... Seven Nights

    Seven Days... Seven Nights is a 1960 in film cinema of France drama film directed by Peter Brook. It was entered into the 1960 Cannes Film Festival, where Jeanne Moreau won the award for Best Actress Award ....
     (UK title Seven Days... Seven Nights)
  • 1963, Lord of the Flies
    Lord of the Flies (1963 film)

    Lord of the Flies is a 1963 in film film adaptation of William Golding's Lord of the Flies. It was directed by the renowned theatre director Peter Brook and produced by Lewis M....
  • 1967, Ride of the Valkyrie
  • 1967, Marat/Sade
    Marat/Sade

    The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade , almost invariably shortened to Marat/Sade, is a 1963 play by Peter Weiss....
  • 1968, Tell Me Lies
  • 1971, King Lear
    King Lear (1971 film)

    King Lear is a 1971 in film film adaptation of the King Lear directed by Peter Brook and starring Paul Scofield. ...
  • 1979, Meetings with Remarkable Men
    Meetings with Remarkable Men

    Meetings with Remarkable Men is the second volume of the All and Everything trilogy written by the Greeks-Armenian mysticism G. I. Gurdjieff....
  • 1979, Mesure pour mesure
  • 1982, La Cerisaie
  • 1983, La Tragédie de Carmen
  • 1989, The Mahabharata
    The Mahabharata (1989 film)

    The Mahabharata is a 1989 in film film version of the Hindu epic poetry, Mahabharata, directed by Peter Brook. Brook's original 1985 stage play was 9 hours long, and toured around the world for four years....
  • 2002, The Tragedy of Hamlet
    Hamlet

    Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601. The play, set in Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle King Claudius, who has murdered King Hamlet, the King, and then taken the throne and married Gertrude ....
     (TV)


Awards

  • Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
    Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play

    The Tony Award for Best Direction has been given since 1947. In 1960, the award was split into two categories: Dramatic and Musical. In 1976 the Dramatic category was renamed to Play....
     for Marat/Sade
    Marat/Sade

    The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade , almost invariably shortened to Marat/Sade, is a 1963 play by Peter Weiss....
    , 1966
  • Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
    Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play

    The Tony Award for Best Direction has been given since 1947. In 1960, the award was split into two categories: Dramatic and Musical. In 1976 the Dramatic category was renamed to Play....
     for A Midsummer Night's Dream
    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic love Shakespearean comedies by William Shakespeare, suggested by "The Knight's Tale" from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, written around 1594 to 1596....
    , 1971
  • Freiherr von Stein Foundation Shakespeare Award, 1973
  • Grand Prix Dominique, 1975
  • Brigadier Prize, 1975, for Timon of Athens
    Timon of Athens

    The Life of Timon of Athens is a play by William Shakespeare about the legendary Athens misanthropy Timon of Athens , generally regarded as one of his most obscure and difficult works....
  • Society of West End Theatre Award, 1983
  • Emmy Award
    Emmy Award

    The Emmy Award, also known as the 'Emmy', is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards....
    , 1984, for La tragédie de Carmen
  • Prix Italia
    Prix Italia

    The Prix Italia is a national Italy television film and broadcasting award. It was establed in 1948 by RAI in Capri. Initially for radio, it was extended to cover television in 1957....
    , 1984
  • International Emmy Award, 1990, for The Mahabharata
    The Mahabharata (1989 film)

    The Mahabharata is a 1989 in film film version of the Hindu epic poetry, Mahabharata, directed by Peter Brook. Brook's original 1985 stage play was 9 hours long, and toured around the world for four years....
  • Dan David prize
    Dan David Prize

    The Dan David Prize is an annual award of $1 million each to three individuals who have made an outstanding contribution in the fields of science, technology, culture or social welfare....
    , 2005
  • The Ibsen Award for 2008, first winner of the prize of NOK2.5 mill (approximately £200,000).
  • Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts
    Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts

    Each year since 1988 The Critics' Circle has presented an award for Distinguished Service to the Arts, voted for by all members of the Circle, embracing Dance, Drama, Film, Music, Visual Arts and Architecture....
     2008


Honours

  • Commander of the Order of the British Empire
    Order of the British Empire

    The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom....
    , 1965
  • Honorary DLitt, University of Birmingham
    University of Birmingham

    The University of Birmingham is a United Kingdom 'Red brick universities' university located in the city of Birmingham, England. Founded in Edgbaston in 1900 as a successor to Mason Science College, and with origins dating back to the 1825 Birmingham Medical School, it was the first of the so-called Red brick universities to receive a Royal...
    , 1990
  • Honorary Fellow of Magdalen College
    Magdalen College, Oxford

    Magdalen College redirects here, see also Magdalene College, CambridgeMagdalen College is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford of the University of Oxford in England....
    , Oxford
    University of Oxford

    The University of Oxford , located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation in the English-speaking world....
    , 1991
  • Honorary DLitt, University of Strathclyde
    University of Strathclyde

    The University of Strathclyde , is a university in Glasgow, Scotland. It takes its name from the historic Kingdom of Strathclyde, the name of which also served as a Strathclyde from 1975 to 1996....
    , 1990
  • Honorary DLitt, University of Oxford
    University of Oxford

    The University of Oxford , located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation in the English-speaking world....
    , 1994
  • Légion d'honneur
    Légion d'honneur

    The L?gion d'honneur or Ordre national de la L?gion d'honneur is a France order established by Napoleon I of France, First Consul of the French First Republic, on May 19, 1802....
     (France), 1995
  • Companion of Honour
    Order of the Companions of Honour

    The Order of the Companions of Honour is a United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations Order . It was founded by George V of the United Kingdom in June 1917, as a reward for outstanding achievements in the arts, literature, music, science, politics, industry, or religion....
    , 1998


Bibliography


External links

  • , Dan David Prize laureate 2005