01758cam a2200277 a 45000010006000000050017000060080041000230100017000640350023000810400051001040200015001550200018001700350020001880500024002080820008002321000025002402450068002652600053003333000021003865040050004075050071004575200916005286500013014446500012014576500011014699792520230410130649.0941208s1995    nyu           000 0 eng    a   94047388   a(OCoLC)ocm31755253  aDLCcDLCdBAKERdBTCTAdYDXCPdOCLCGdZQMdNSB  a1559361026  a9781559361026  a(OCoLC)3175525314aPN 2037bB871o 199500a7921 aBrook, Peter,d1925-14aThe open door :bthoughts on acting and theatre /cPeter Brook.  aNew York :bTheatre Communications Group,c1995.  a147 p. ;c21 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 147).0 aThe slyness of boredom -- The golden fish -- There are no secrets.  aFrom King Lear to the Tragedy of Carmen, from Marat/Sade to the epic Mahabharata, Peter Brook has reinvented modern theatre, not once but again and again. In this book the visionary director and theorist offers a lucid, comprehensive exposition of the philosophy that underlies his work.  It is a philosophy of paradoxes: We come to the theatre to find life, but that life must be different from the life we find outside. Actors have to prepare painstakingly yet be willing to sacrifice the results of their preparation. The director's most reliable tool may be his capacity to be bored. Brook illustrates these principles with anecdotes that span his entire career and that demonstrate his familiarity with Shakespeare, Chekhov, and the indigenous theatres of India and Iran. The result is an unparalleled look at what happens both onstage and behind the scenes, fresh in its insights and elegant in its prose. 0aTheater. 0aActing. 0aDrama.