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{{Short description|English theatre and film director and innovator}}
{{For|the painter|Peter Brook (painter)}}
{{other uses|Peter Brooks (disambiguation)}}
{{distinguish|Peter Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Peter Brook
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|CH|CBE|size=100%}}
| image = Peter Brook.JPG
| imagesize = 220px
| caption = Brook in November 2009
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1925|03|21}}
| birth_place = [[Turnham Green]], [[Chiswick]], [[London]], England
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Natasha Parry]]|1951|2015|end=died}}
| children = [[Irina Brook]]<br>[[Simon Brook (director)|Simon Brook]]
| occupation = Director
| years_active= 1943–present
| relatives = {{plainlist|
* [[Alexis Brook]] (brother)
* [[Valentin Pluchek]] (cousin)
}}
}}

'''Peter Stephen Paul Brook''' {{post-nominals|CH|CBE}} (born 21 March 1925) is an English [[theatre director|theatre]] and [[film director]] who has been based in France since the early 1970s. He has won multiple [[Tony Award|Tony]] and [[Emmy Award]]s, a [[Laurence Olivier Award]], the [[Praemium Imperiale]], and the [[Prix Italia]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|title=Peter Brook: all the world's his stage|newspaper=[[The Times]]|language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/peter-brook-all-the-worlds-his-stage-l8cwc99d50p|access-date=2021-06-12|issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He has been called "our greatest living theatre director".<ref name=Independent>{{cite news |last1=Taylor |first1=Paul |title=Peter Brook: The director who wrote the book |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/peter-brook-the-director-who-wrote-the-book-919192.html |access-date=20 July 2015 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=5 September 2008}}</ref>

With the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]], Brook directed the first English-language production of ''[[Marat/Sade]]'' in 1964. It transferred to [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in 1965 and won the [[Tony Award for Best Play]], and Brook was named [[Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play|Best Director]].<ref name=":1" />

He was also awarded India's fourth highest civilian honor [[Padma Bhushan|Padma Shri]] in 2021 for his valuable contributions towards art.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=DelhiNovember 8|first1=India Today Web Desk New|last2=November 8|first2=2021UPDATED|last3=Ist|first3=2021 17:22|title=Padma Awards 2021: Full list of Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri recipients|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/padma-vibhushan-bhushan-shri-awards-awardees-2021-full-list-ceremony-rashtrapati-bhavan-1874357-2021-11-08|access-date=2021-11-08|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>

==Early life==
Brook was born in the [[Bedford Park, London|Bedford Park]] area of [[Chiswick]], London, the second son of Simon Brook and his wife Ida (Jansen), both [[Lithuanian Jews|Lithuanian Jewish]] immigrants from [[Latvia]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Webb |url=https://www.jewishlivesproject.com/profiles/peter-brook|title=Peter Brook |website=www.jewishlivesproject.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/24/arts/24iht-bookwed.html?_r=0 |work=[[The New York Times]] |first=Arnold |last=Aronson |title=Peter Brook: A Biography |date=25 May 2005}}</ref><ref name=Kustow2013>{{cite book |author=Michael Kustow |title=Peter Brook: A Biography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JV15AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA5 |access-date=20 July 2015 |date=17 October 2013 |publisher=[[A & C Black]] |isbn=978-1-4088-5228-6 |pages=5–7}}</ref> The family home was at 27 Fairfax Road, Turnham Green.<ref name=Kustow2013 /> His elder brother was the psychiatrist and psychotherapist [[Alexis Brook]] (1920-2007).<ref name=GuardianObit>{{cite news |last1=Wittenberg |first1=Isca |title=Obituary: Alexis Brook |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/sep/27/guardianobituaries.obituaries1 |access-date=23 July 2015 |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |date=27 September 2007}}</ref> His first cousin was [[Valentin Pluchek]], chief director of the [[Moscow Satire Theatre]].<ref name=russianlandmarks>{{cite web |title=Category Archives: Memorial Plaques to Theater Artists |url=https://russianlandmarks.wordpress.com/category/memorial-plaques-to-theater-artists/page/2/ |website=russianlandmarks |access-date=17 November 2015}}</ref> Brook was educated at [[Westminster School]], [[Gresham's School]], and [[Magdalen College, Oxford]]. Brooks was excused from military service in [[World War II]] due to childhood illness.<ref name="archiveshub">[https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/e4d223d1-8aa7-3f37-8ecc-0262966c6b29 Peter Brook Collection] [[Archives Hub]]. Retrieved December 31, 2021.</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Paris Bouffes du Nord 01.JPG|thumb|Bouffes du Nord theatre, Paris]]
Brook directed ''[[Doctor Faustus (play)|Dr Faustus]]'', his first production, in 1943 at the Torch Theatre in London, followed at the Chanticleer Theatre in 1945 with a revival of ''[[The Infernal Machine (play)|The Infernal Machine]]''. In 1947, he went to [[Stratford-upon-Avon]] as assistant director on ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' and ''[[Love's Labour's Lost]]''. From 1947 to 1950, he was Director of Productions at the [[Royal Opera House]] in London. His work there included a highly controversial staging of [[Richard Strauss]]'s ''[[Salome (opera)|Salome]]'' with sets by [[Salvador Dalí]], and an effective re-staging of [[Puccini]]'s ''[[La bohème]]'' using sets dating from 1899. A proliferation of stage and screen work as producer and director followed. ''[[Dark of the Moon (play)|Dark of the Moon]]'' by [[Howard Richardson (playwright)|Howard Richardson]] (1948–49), at the [[Ambassadors Theatre (London)|Ambassadors Theatre]], London, was an early, much admired production.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}

In 1970, with [[Micheline Rozan]], Brook founded the [[International Centre for Theatre Research]], a multinational company of actors, dancers, musicians and others, which travelled widely in the Middle East and Africa in the early 1970s. It has been based in Paris at the [[Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord|Bouffes du Nord theatre]] since 1974.<ref>Chambers, Colin ''The Continuum Companion To Twentieth Century Theatre'' (Continuum, 2002, {{ISBN|0-8264-4959-X}}) p. 384</ref> He announced in 2008 that he would resign as artistic director of Bouffes du Nord, beginning that year a three-year handover to [[Olivier Mantei]] and Olivier Poubelle.<ref>{{cite news |last=Chrisafis |first=Angelique |title=Interview: Peter Brook says a long goodbye to his Paris theatre |work=The Guardian |date=17 December 2008 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/dec/17/peter-brook-bouffes-nord-paris |access-date=29 December 2008}}</ref>

===Influences===
Brook has been influenced by the work of [[Antonin Artaud]] and his ideas for his [[Theatre of Cruelty]].

<blockquote>In England, Peter Brook and Charles Marowitz undertook The Theatre of Cruelty Season (1964) at the Royal Shakespeare Company, 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|The Spurt of Blood]]''.
:– [[Lee Jamieson]], ''Antonin Artaud: From Theory to Practice'', Greenwich Exchange, 2007</blockquote>

His greatest influence, however, was [[Joan Littlewood]]. Brook described her as "the most galvanising director in mid-20th century Britain". Brook's work is also inspired by the theories of experimental theatre of [[Jerzy Grotowski]],<ref name="Empty">{{cite book|title=The Empty Space|url=https://archive.org/details/emptyspace0000broo|url-access=registration|last=Brook|first= Peter|author-link= Peter Brook|year=1968|publisher=[New York] Discus Books}}</ref> [[Bertolt Brecht]], Chris Covics and [[Vsevolod Meyerhold]] and by the works of [[George Gurdjieff|G. I. Gurdjieff]],<ref name="Traditional">{{cite journal|last1=Nicolescu|first1=Basarab|author-link=Basarab Nicolescu|title=Peter Brook and Traditional Thought|journal=Contemporary Theatre Review|volume=7|pages=11–23|publisher=Overseas Publishers Association|year=1997|url=http://www.experimentaltheatre.org/peter_brook.htm|doi=10.1080/10486809708568441|last2=Williams|first2=David|access-date=30 December 2008|archive-date=23 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923103228/http://www.experimentaltheatre.org/peter_brook.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Edward Gordon Craig]],<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/mar/07/isadora-duncan "Pas de deux"] by Michael Holroyd, ''The Guardian'', Saturday 7 March 2009</ref> and [[Matila Ghyka]].<ref>Gibbons, Fiachra [https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/jan/17/peter-brook-eleven-twelve "The prayers of Peter Brook"], ''The Guardian'', 17 January 2010.</ref>

===Collaborators===
Brook has collaborated with a range of directors, writers and actors during his career, notable examples include actors [[Paul Scofield]] and [[Glenda Jackson]]; designers [[Georges Wakhévitch]] and [[Sally Jacobs]], and writers [[Ted Hughes]] and [[William Golding]]. Brook first encountered Wakhévitch in London when he saw the production of [[Jean Cocteau]]'s ballet ''Le Jeune Homme et la Mort'' which Wakhévitch designed. Brook declared that he "was convinced that this was the designer for whom I had been waiting".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Brook|first1=Peter|title=Threads of Time: A Memoir|year=1999|isbn=0-413-73300-9}}, 53</ref>

=== Shakespeare ===
{{unsorted list|reason=MOSLOW|date=June 2020}}
*''King John'', [[Paul Shelving]] (designer) the [[Birmingham Repertory Theatre]], 1945
*''[[Measure for Measure]]'' with John Gielgud (Shakespeare Memorial Theatre) 1950
*''[[The Winter's Tale]]'' with [[John Gielgud]] (Shakespeare Memorial Theatre) 1952
*''[[Hamlet|Hamlet Prince of Denmark]]'' with [[Paul Scofield]] ([[Prince Hamlet|Hamlet]]), [[Alec Clunes]] ([[King Claudius|Claudius]]), [[Diana Wynyard]] ([[Gertrude (Hamlet)|Gertrude]]), [[Mary Ure]] ([[Ophelia]]), [[Ernest Thesiger]] ([[Polonius]]), [[Richard Johnson (actor)|Richard Johnson]] ([[Laertes]]), Michael David ([[Horatio (character)|Horatio]]), [[Richard Pasco]] (Fortinbras) (plus 27 others) 1955
*''[[Titus Andronicus]]'' with [[Laurence Olivier]] and [[Vivien Leigh]] (Shakespeare Memorial Theatre)1955 and European tour in 1957
*''[[King Lear]]'' with Paul Scofield (RSC) 1962
*''[[RSC production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1970)|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' with [[Sally Jacobs]] (designer), [[John Kane (writer)|John Kane]] ([[Puck (Shakespeare)|Puck]]), [[Frances de la Tour]] (Helena), [[Ben Kingsley]] (Demetrius) and [[Patrick Stewart]] (Snout) 1970
*''[[King Lear (1971 British film)|King Lear]]'' (film) 1971
*''[[Timon of Athens|Timon d'Athènes]]'', adaptation [[Jean-Claude Carrière]], [[Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord]] 1974
*''Mésure pour mésure'', [[Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord]], 1978
*''Mésure pour mésure'' (film) 1979
*''La Tempête'', adaptation Jean-Claude Carrière, with Sotigui Kouyaté, [[Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord]],1990
*''The Tragedy of Hamlet'' with [[Adrian Lester]] (Hamlet), Jeffery Kissoon (Claudius / [[Ghost (Hamlet)|Ghost]]), Natasha Parry (Gertrude), Shantala Shivalingappa (Ophelia), Bruce Myers (Polonius), Rohan Siva (Laertes / Guildenstern), Scott Handy (Horatio) [[Yoshi Oida]] (Player King / Rosencrantz) 2000
*''The Tragedy of Hamlet'' (TV film) 2002
*''Love is my sin'', sonnets, 2009
*''Warum warum'' by Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne after Antonin Artaud, Edward Gordon Craig, Charles Dullin, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Motokiyo Zeami and William Shakespeare, 2010

===''The Mahabharata''===
{{main|The Mahabharata (play)}}
In the mid-1970s,<ref name='New York Times'>{{cite news|first=Joe|last=Morgenstern|title=Jean-Claude Pierre; the Mahabharata, the great history of mankind – interview about the stage adaptation|date=17 April 1988|work=The New York Times|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE1DC143AF934A25757C0A96E948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2|access-date=6 October 2007}}</ref> Brook, with writer [[Jean-Claude Carrière]], began work on adapting the Indian epic poem the ''[[Mahābhārata]]'' into a stage play which was first performed in 1985<ref>{{cite news|first=Jean-Claude|last=Carriere|title=Jean-Claude Carriere; the Mahabharata, the great history of mankind – interview about the stage adaptation|date=September 1989|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1310/is_1989_Sept/ai_8067489|work=UNESCO Courier|access-date=6 October 2007}}</ref> and then later into a televised mini series.

In a long article in 1985, ''[[The New York Times]]'' noted "overwhelming critical acclaim", and that the play "did nothing less than attempt to transform Hindu myth into universalized art, accessible to any culture".<ref>{{Cite news |title=Peter Brook transforms an Indian epic for the stage|url = https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/25/arts/peter-brook-transforms-an-indian-epic-for-the-stage.html|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 1985-08-25|access-date = 2015-12-16|issn = 0362-4331|author=Margaret Croyden}}</ref> However, many postcololonial scholars have challenged the claim to universalism, accusing the play of [[orientalism]]. For instance, Gautam Dasgupta writes that, "Brook's ''Mahabharata'' falls short of the essential Indianness of the epic by staging predominantly its major incidents and failing to adequately emphasize its coterminous philosophical precepts."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dasgupta |first1=Gautam |editor1-last=Marranca |editor1-first=Bonnie |editor2-last=Gautam |editor2-first=Dasgupta |title=Interculturalism and Performance: Writings from PAJ |date=1991 |publisher=PAJ Publications |location=New York |page=81 |chapter="The Mahabharata: Peter Brook's Orientalism"}}</ref>

In 2015, Brook returned to the world of ''The Mahabharata'' with a new [[Young Vic]] production, ''[[Battlefield (Peter Brook)|Battlefield]]'' in collaboration with Jean-Claude Carrière and Marie-Hélène Estienne.

===''Tierno Bokar''===
In 2005, Brook directed ''Tierno Bokar'', based on the life of the [[Mali Empire|Malian]] [[sufi]] of [[Tierno Bokar|the same name]].<ref name=":1" /> The play was adapted for the stage by Marie-Hélène Estienne from a book by [[Amadou Hampate Ba]] (translated into English as ''[[A Spirit of Tolerance: The Inspiring Life of Tierno Bokar]]''). The book and play detail Bokar's life and message of [[religious tolerance]]. [[Columbia University]] 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]] tradition in West Africa.<ref>[http://www.tiernobokar.columbia.edu Columbia University, "Record of Events"], tiernobokar.columbia.edu; accessed 19 June 2015.</ref>

==Personal life==
In 1951, Brook married actress [[Natasha Parry]]. They had two children: [[Irina Brook|Irina]], an actress and director, and [[Simon Brook (director)|Simon]], a director. Parry died of a [[stroke]] in July 2015, aged 84.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/jul/26/natasha-parry |title=Natasha Parry obituary |work=The Guardian |date=26 July 2015}}</ref>

==Work==

===Works with RSC===
* 1946 ''[[Love's Labours Lost]]'' ([[Shakespeare Memorial Theatre]])
* 1947 ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' (Shakespeare Memorial Theatre)
* 1950 ''[[Measure for Measure]]'' with [[John Gielgud]] (Shakespeare Memorial Theatre)
* 1952 ''[[The Winter's Tale]]'' with John Gielgud (Shakespeare Memorial Theatre)
* 1955 ''[[Titus Andronicus]]'' with [[Laurence Olivier]] and [[Vivien Leigh]] (Shakespeare Memorial Theatre)
* 1957 ''[[The Tempest]]'' with John Gielgud (Shakespeare Memorial Theatre)
* 1962 ''[[King Lear]]'' with [[Paul Scofield]]
* 1964 ''[[Marat/Sade]]''
* 1966 ''US'', an anti-Vietnam War protest play with [[The Royal Shakespeare Company]], documented in the film ''[[Benefit of the Doubt (1967 film)|Benefit of the Doubt]]''
* 1970 ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' with John Kane (Puck), [[Frances de la Tour]] (Helena), [[Ben Kingsley]] (Demetrius) and [[Patrick Stewart]] (Snout): see [[1970 Royal Shakespeare Company production of A Midsummer Night's Dream]]
* 1978 ''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]'' with [[Glenda Jackson]], [[Alan Howard]], [[Jonathan Pryce]], [[Alan Rickman]], [[Juliet Stevenson]], [[Patrick Stewart]] and [[David Suchet]]

===Other major productions===
* 1951 : ''[[A Penny for a Song]]'' by [[John Whiting]]
* 1955 : ''[[Hamlet]]'' with [[Paul Scofield]]
* 1956 : ''[[A View from the Bridge]]'' by [[Arthur Miller]]
* 1958 : ''[[The Visit (play)|The Visit]]'' with [[Alfred Lunt]] and [[Lynn Fontanne]]
* 1964 : ''[[Marat/Sade]]''
* 1968 : ''[[Oedipus (Seneca)|Oedipus]]'' with [[John Gielgud]] and [[Irene Worth]], adapted by [[Ted Hughes]]. National Theatre<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rosenthal|first=Daniel|title=You've all been wonderful, darlings|newspaper=[[The Times]]|language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/youve-all-been-wonderful-darlings-9293mtm5m50|access-date=2021-06-12|issn=0140-0460}}</ref>
* 1971 : ''[[Orghast]]'' by Ted Hughes
* 1974 : ''Timon d'Athènes'', adaptation [[Jean-Claude Carrière]], [[Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord]]
* 1975 : ''[[Ik people#Cultural references|Les Iks]]'' by [[Colin Turnbull]], adaptation Jean-Claude Carrière, Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord
* 1977 : ''Ubu aux Bouffes'' after [[Alfred Jarry]], Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord
* 1978 : ''[[Measure for Measure|Mesure pour mesure]]'' by [[William Shakespeare]], Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord
* 1979 : ''[[La Conférence des oiseaux]]'' (''[[The Conference of the Birds]]'') after [[Farid al-Din Attar]], [[Festival d'Avignon]]; Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord
* 1979 : ''L'Os de Mor Lam'' by [[Birago Diop]], Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord
* 1981 : ''[[Carmen (opera)|La Tragédie de Carmen]]'' after [[Prosper Mérimée]], [[Henri Meilhac]] and [[Ludovic Halévy]], Viviane Beaumont Theater, [[Lincoln Center]], New York
* 1981 : ''[[The Cherry Orchard|La Cerisaie]]'' by [[Anton Chekhov]], Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord
* 1984 : ''Tchin-Tchin'' by [[François Billetdoux]], mise en scène with [[Maurice Bénichou]], with [[Marcello Mastroianni]], [[Théâtre Montparnasse]]
* 1985 : ''[[Le Mahabharata]]'' (''[[The Mahabharata (1989 film)|The Mahabharata]]'') Festival d'Avignon
* 1988 : ''The Cherry Orchard'' by [[Anton Chekhov]], Majestic Theatre, [[Brooklyn]]
* 1989 : ''Woza Albert!'' by [[Percy Mtawa]], [[Mbongeni Ngema]] and [[Barney Simon]]
* 1990 : ''[[The Tempest|La Tempête]]'' by William Shakespeare, adaptation Jean-Claude Carrière, with [[Sotigui Kouyaté]], Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord
* 1992 : ''Impressions de Pelléas'' after [[Claude Debussy]], Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord
* 1993 : ''L'Homme Qui'' after ''[[The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat]]'' by [[Oliver Sacks]]
* 1995 : ''Qui est là'' after texts by [[Antonin Artaud]], [[Bertolt Brecht]], [[Edward Gordon Craig]], [[Vsevolod Meyerhold]], [[Konstantin Stanislavski]] and [[Motokiyo Zeami]]
* 1995 : ''[[Happy Days (play)|Oh les beaux jours]]'' by [[Samuel Beckett]]
* 1998 : ''Je suis un phénomène'' after ''prodigieuse mémoire'' by [[Alexander Luria]]
* 1998 : ''[[Don Giovanni]]'' by [[Mozart]], création au 50ème [[Festival International d'Art Lyrique d'Aix-en-Provence]]
* 1999 : ''Le Costume'' by [[Can Themba]]
* 2000 : ''[[Hamlet]]'' by William Shakespeare, with [[Adrian Lester]]
* 2002 : ''Far Away'' by [[Caryl Churchill]]
* 2002 : ''La Mort de Krishna'' extract from [[Mahabharata]] de [[Vyasa]], adaptation Jean-Claude Carrière and [[Marie-Hélène Estienne]]
* 2003 : ''Ta main dans la mienne'' by [[Carol Rocamora]]
* 2004 : ''[[Tierno Bokar]]'' after ''Vie et enseignement de Tierno Bokar-Le sage de Bandiagara'' by [[Amadou Hampâté Bâ]], with [[Sotigui Kouyaté]]
* 2004 : ''[[Le Grand Inquisiteur]]'' after ''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]'' by [[Dostoyevsky]]
* 2006 : ''[[Sizwe Bansi is Dead|Sizwe Banzi est mort]]'' by [[Athol Fugard]], [[John Kani]] and [[Winston Ntshona]], Festival d'Avignon
* 2008 : ''Fragments'' after [[Samuel Beckett]]
* 2009 : ''Love is my sin'' sonnets by William Shakespeare
* 2009 : ''11 and 12'' after ''Vie et enseignement de Tierno Bokar-Le Sage de Bandiagara'' by [[Amadou Hampâté Bâ]]
* 2010 : ''Warum warum'' by Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne after Antonin Artaud, [[Edward Gordon Craig]], [[Charles Dullin]], [[Vsevolod Meyerhold]], [[Motokiyo Zeami]] and William Shakespeare
* 2011 : ''A Magic Flute'' an adaptation of the opera ''[[The Magic Flute]]'' by [[Mozart]]. Directed with Marie-Hélène Estienne, composer Franck Krawczyk to positive reviews<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/08/arts/music/a-streamlined-magic-flute-reimagined-by-peter-brook.html |title=A Streamlined 'Magic Flute,' Reimagined by Peter Brook |newspaper=The New York Times |date=7 July 2011 |last1=Tommasini |first1=Anthony}}</ref> at the [[Gerald W. Lynch Theater]] of John Jay College.
* 2013 : ''[[The Suit (short story)|The Suit]]'' after Can Themba's tale. Directed with Marie-Hélène Estienne, Franck Krawczyk.
* 2015 : ''[[Battlefield (Peter Brook)|Battlefield]]'', from ''The Mahabharata'' and Jean-Claude Carrière's play. Adapted and directed by Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne.
* 2018 : ''The Prisoner''. Written and directed by Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne.
* 2019 : '' 'Why?' ''. Written and directed by Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne.<ref>Green, Jesse (26 September 2019). "[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/26/theater/review-peter-brook-asks-the-ultimate-question-in-why.html Review: Peter Brook Asks the Ultimate Question in ‘Why?’]". ''The New York Times''. Retrieved 14 October 2019.</ref>

===Filmography===
* 1953: ''[[The Beggar's Opera (film)|The Beggar's Opera]]''
* 1960: ''[[Seven Days... Seven Nights|Moderato Cantabile]]'' (UK title ''Seven Days... Seven Nights'')
* 1963: ''[[Lord of the Flies (1963 film)|Lord of the Flies]]''
* 1967: ''[[Ride of the Valkyrie (1967 film)|Ride of the Valkyrie]]''
* 1967: ''[[Marat/Sade (film)|Marat/Sade]]''
* 1968: ''[[Tell Me Lies]]''
* 1971: ''[[King Lear (1971 UK film)|King Lear]]''
* 1979: ''[[Meetings with Remarkable Men (film)|Meetings with Remarkable Men]]''
* 1979: ''[[Mesure pour mesure]]''
* 1982: ''[[La Cerisaie]]''
* 1983: ''[[La Tragédie de Carmen]]''
* 1989: ''[[The Mahabharata (1989 film)|The Mahabharata]]''
* 2002: ''The Tragedy of [[Hamlet]]'' (TV)

==Awards==
* [[Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play]] for ''[[Marat/Sade]]'', 1966<ref name='Tony Awards'>{{cite web |url=http://www.tonyawards.com/p/tonys_search?start=0&year=&award=&lname=Peter+Brook&fname=&show= |title=Tony Awards |access-date=13 February 2008}}</ref>
* [[Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play]] for ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', 1971
* Freiherr von Stein Foundation Shakespeare Award, 1973
* Grand Prix Dominique, 1975
* Brigadier Prize, 1975, for ''[[Timon of Athens]]''
* [[Laurence Olivier Award|Society of West End Theatre]] Award, 1983
* [[Emmy Award]], 1984, for ''[[La tragédie de Carmen]]''
* [[Prix Italia]], 1984
* [[Europe Theatre Prize]].<ref>[http://www.premio-europa.org/open_page.php?id=728 II Europe Theatre Prize / Reasons] [[Europe Theatre Prize]]</ref>
* [[International Emmy Award]], 1990, for ''[[The Mahabharata (1989 film)|The Mahabharata]]''
* [[Praemium Imperiale]], 1997
* [[Dan David prize]], 2005
* [[The Ibsen Award]] for 2008, first winner of the prize of NOK2.5 mill (approximately £200,000).<ref>{{cite web|title=British director wins the Ibsen Prize |publisher=Norway.org |url=http://www.norway.org/culture/literature/ibsen+prize.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207150338/http://www.norway.org/culture/literature/ibsen%2Bprize.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 February 2009 |access-date=21 August 2008 }}</ref>
* [[Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts]] 2008

==Honours==
* [[Order of the British Empire|Commander of the Order of the British Empire]], 1965
* Induction into the [[American Theater Hall of Fame]], 1983<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/10/theater/theater-hall-of-fame-gets-10-new-members.html|title=Theater Hall of Fame Gets 10 New Members|work=The New York Times|date=10 May 1983}}</ref>
* Honorary [[DLitt]], [[University of Birmingham]], 1990
* [[Honorary Fellow]] of [[Magdalen College, Oxford|Magdalen College]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], 1991
* Honorary [[DLitt]], [[University of Strathclyde]], 1990
* Honorary [[DLitt]], [[University of Oxford]], 1994
* Officier de l'Ordre de la [[Légion d'honneur]] (France), 1995<ref>{{Cite web|last=AFP|title=563 décorés de la Légion d'honneur pour Pâques|url=https://www.liberation.fr/societe/2013/03/31/563-decores-de-la-legion-d-honneur-pour-paques_892654/|access-date=2021-06-12|website=Libération|language=fr}}</ref>
* [[Order of the Companions of Honour|Companion of Honour]], 1998 (He previously declined a knighthood.)
* Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur (France), 2013
* In 2011, he was awarded the [[President's Medal (British Academy)|President's Medal]] by the [[British Academy]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The British Academy President's Medal|url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/british-academy-presidents-medal|website=British Academy|access-date=23 July 2017}}</ref>
* [[Princess of Asturias Awards|Princess of Asturias Award in Arts]], 2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fpa.es/es/premios-princesa-de-asturias/premiados/2019-peter-brook.html?texto=acta&especifica=0|title=Peter Brook – Premiados – Premios Princesa de Asturias|first=Desarrollado con webControl CMS por Intermark|last=IT|website=Fundación Princesa de Asturias}}</ref>
* [[Padma Shri]] (India), 2021<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/list-of-padma-awardees-2021/article33661766.ece|title=List of Padma awardees — 2021|author=The Hindu Net Desk|newspaper=The Hindu|date=25 January 2021|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|first=Peter|last=Brook|title=The Empty Space|year=1968|publisher=Penguin (2008)|title-link=The Empty Space}}
* {{cite book|first=Peter|last=Brook|title=The Shifting Point|publisher=Methuen Drama|location=UK|year=1988|isbn=0-413-61280-5}}
* {{cite book|first=Peter|last=Brook|title=Le Diable c'est l'ennui|year=1991}}
* {{cite book|first=Peter|last=Brook|title=There Are No Secrets|year=1993|publisher=Methuen Drama}}
* {{cite book|first=Peter|last=Brook|title=The Open Door|url=https://archive.org/details/opendoorthoughts00broo|url-access=registration|year=1995|isbn=978-1-55936-102-6}}
* {{cite book|first=Peter|last=Brook|title=Threads of Time: Recollections |url=https://archive.org/details/threadsoftimerec0000broo|url-access=registration|year=1998|isbn=978-1-887178-35-8}}
* {{cite book|first=Peter|last=Brook|title=Evoking Shakespeare|year=1999|publisher=Nick Hern Books (2nd Ed 2002)}}
* {{cite book|first=Peter|last=Brook|title=The Quality of Mercy: Reflections on Shakespeare|publisher=Nick Hern Books|date=23 April 2013|isbn=978-1-84842-261-2}}
* {{cite book|first=Peter|last=Brook|title=Tip of The Tongue: Reflections on Language and Meaning|publisher=Nick Hern Books|date=14 September 2017|isbn=978-1-84842-672-6}}
* {{cite book|first=Peter|last=Brook|title=Playing by Ear: Reflections on Sound and Music|publisher=Nick Hern Books|date=24 October 2019|isbn=978-1-84842-831-7}}

==References==
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==Further reading==
* [[Lee Jamieson|Jamieson, Lee]], ''Antonin Artaud: From Theory to Practice'' (Greenwich Exchange: London, 2007) Contains practical exercises on Artaud drawn from Brook's ''Theatre of Cruelty Season'' at the RSC; {{ISBN|978-1-871551-98-3}}
* Freeman, John, 'The Greatest Shows on Earth: World Theatre from Peter Brook to the Sydney Olympics'. Libri: Oxford; {{ISBN|978-1-90747-154-4}}
* Heilpern, John, ''Conference of the Birds: The Story of Peter Brook in Africa'', Faber, 1977; {{ISBN|0-571-10372-3}}
* Hunt, Albert and Geoffrey Reeves. ''Peter Brook (Directors in Perspective)''. Cambridge University Press. (1995)
* Kustow, Michael. ''Peter Brook: A Biography''. Bloomsbury. (2005)
* Moffitt, Dale, ''Between Two Silences: Talking with Peter Brook'' (1999)
* Todd, Andrew and Jean-Guy Lecat, ''The Open Circle: Peter Brook's Theatre Environments'' (2003)
* [[Trewin, J. C.]] ''Peter Brook: A Biography''. (1971)
* Trowbridge, Simon. ''The Company: A Biographical Dictionary of the Royal Shakespeare Company''. Oxford: Editions Albert Creed, 2010; {{ISBN|978-0-9559830-2-3}}.
* [[Ouriel Zohar|Zohar, Ouriel]], ''Meetings with Peter Brook'', Zohar, [[Tel-Aviv]] 176 p. (1990){{in lang|he}}

==External links==
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*[http://www.newspeterbrook.com/ Official Peter Brook website – Site officiel]
*[http://www.stratfordians.org.uk/ The Company: A Biographical Dictionary of the RSC: Online database by Simon Trowbridge]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120303015344/http://www.dandavidprize.org/index.php/laureates/laureates-2005/65-2005-present-the-performing-arts-film-theater-dance-music/102-peter-brook.html Dan David Prize laureate 2005]
* {{Screenonline name|id=471253|name=Peter Brook biography and filmography}}
* {{IMDb name|id=0111656|name=Peter Brook}}
* {{IBDB name|14271}}
* [http://lortel.org/Archives/CreditableEntity/36648 Peter Brook] at [[Internet Off-Broadway Database]]
* {{YouTube|hLni1arIeYM|Screener for Brook by Brook}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131110064353/http://www.experimentaltheatre.org/new_page_1.htm Peter Brook profile by Experimental Theatre Organization]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110726224721/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/Story/425/The-Mahabharata-of-Our-Times.html Review of Brook's Mahabharata in Caravan Magazine]
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* [http://www.uic.es/en/scenography Master's Degree in Urban Scenography in Barcelona] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110063649/http://www.uic.es/en/scenography |date=10 November 2013 }}

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