Peter Brook

Režisér, Scénárista, Střihač, Producent, Herec

21. března 1925 — 2. července 2022 (97 let)
Peter Stephen Paul Brook CH CBE (March 21, 1925 – July 2, 2022) was an English theatre and film director. He worked first in England, from 1945 at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, from 1947 at the Royal Opera House, and from 1962 for the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). With them, he directed the first English-language production in 1964 of Marat/Sade by Peter Weiss, which was transferred to Broadway in 1965 and won the Tony Award for Best Play, and Brook was named Best Director. He also directed films such as an iconic version of Lord of the Flies in 1963.

He was based in France from the early 1970s, where he founded an international theatre company, playing in developing countries, in an approach of great simplicity. He was often referred to as "our greatest living theatre director". He won multiple Emmy Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, the Japanese Praemium Imperiale, the Prix Italia and the Europe Theatre Prize. In 2021, he was awarded India's Padma Shri.

Známý pro

  • Pán much
    Pán much1963
  • Marat/Sade
    Marat/Sade1967
  • Seven Days... Seven Nights
    Seven Days... Seven Nights1960
  • Meetings with Remarkable Men
    Meetings with Remarkable Men1979
  • Král Lear
    Král Lear1970
  • The Mahabharata
    The Mahabharata3 díly
  • Swannova láska
    Swannova láska1984
  • The Beggar's Opera
    The Beggar's Opera1953
  • Tell Me Lies
    Tell Me Lies1968
  • Peter Brook: The Tightrope
    Peter Brook: The Tightrope2012
  • La tragédie de Carmen
    La tragédie de Carmen1983
  • Don Giovanni
    Don Giovanni2003
  • NET Playhouse
    NET Playhouse2 řady

Filmografie