Peter Brook
Directing
- Born
- March 21, 1925 · London, England, UK
- Died
- July 2, 2022 (age 97)
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.
Known for
Lord of the Flies
August 13, 1963
Swann in Love
February 23, 1984
Seven Days… Seven Nights
May 25, 1960
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade
February 22, 1967
King Lear
July 10, 1970
The Mahabharata
January 24, 1990
Meetings with Remarkable Men
August 5, 1979
Tell Me Lies
February 2, 1968
The Beggar's Opera
August 24, 1953
The Tragedy of Hamlet
March 22, 2002
King Lear
October 18, 1953
La Cerisaie
January 31, 1982
Behind the camera18
- 2018Beckett by Brook Director
- 2002Don Giovanni Director
- 2002The Tragedy of Hamlet Director, Adaptation
- 1990The Mahabharata Director, Writer
- 1984Swann in Love Writer
- 1983The Tragedy of Carmen Director, Scenario Writer
- 1982La Cerisaie Director, Stage Director
- 1979Meetings with Remarkable Men Director, Writer
- 1977Ride of the Valkyrie Writer, Director
- 1970King Lear