Peter Brook

Director, Escritor, Editor, Productor, Actor

21 de marzo de 1925 — 2 de julio de 2022 (97 años)
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.

Conocido por

  • El señor de las moscas
    El señor de las moscas1963
  • Marat/Sade
    Marat/Sade1967
  • Moderato cantabile
    Moderato cantabile1960
  • Encuentros con hombres notables
    Encuentros con hombres notables1979
  • El rey Lear
    El rey Lear1970
  • The Mahabharata
    The Mahabharata3 episodes
  • El amor de Swann
    El amor de Swann1984
  • The Beggar's Opera
    The Beggar's Opera1953
  • Tell Me Lies
    Tell Me Lies1968
  • The Tightrope
    The Tightrope2012
  • La tragédie de Carmen
    La tragédie de Carmen1983
  • Don Giovanni
    Don Giovanni2003
  • NET Playhouse
    NET Playhouse2 seasons

Filmography