Evoking and Forgetting Shakespeare

The revised edition includes Brook’s additional essay on “Forgetting Shakespeare.” The first edition was based on a talk given in Berlin which is an illuminating and provocative take on our greatest playwright by one of his most influential modern intepreters. Peter Brook is one of the world’s best-known theatre directors. Outstanding in a career full of remarkable achievements are his productions of Titus Andronicus (1955), King Lear (1962), Marat/Sade (1964), and Midsummer Night’s Dream (1970). Since moving to Paris, he has produced a series of events which push at the boundaries of theatre.