02169cam a2200409 a 4500 97925 20230410130649.0 941208s1995 nyu 000 0 eng 94047388 (OCoLC)ocm31755253 DLC DLC BAKER BTCTA YDXCP OCLCG ZQM NSB 1559361026 9781559361026 NLGGC 186195621 YDXCP 1183313 NZ1 3628727 AU@ 000011411661 (OCoLC)31755253 PN 2037 B871o 1995 792 GRAL Brook, Peter, 1925- The open door : thoughts on acting and theatre / Peter Brook. New York : Theatre Communications Group, 1995. 147 p. ; 21 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 147). The slyness of boredom -- The golden fish -- There are no secrets. From 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. Theater. Acting. Drama. Baker & Taylor BKTY 13.95 10.46 1559361026 0002609709 active Baker and Taylor BTCP 94047388 YBP Library Services YANK 1183313 lcc bk C0 DRFGD 78098 78098 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 1 0 PN 2037 B871o 1995 00000079001 2018-10-25 00:00:00 1 2018-10-25 bk