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Peter Brook : conversations about theater

Title
Peter Brook : conversations about theater [videorecording] / produced and directed by Merrill Brockway.
Publication
New York, 1973 : Creative Arts Television Archive, c1997.

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Additional Authors
  • Brook, Peter, 1925-2022
  • Croyden, Margaret
  • Brockway, Merrill
  • Creative Arts Television Archive (Firm)
Description
1 videocassette (VHS) (29 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.
Summary
  • Begins with an introduction by Margaret Croyden, who also provides commentary at the program's midpoint, in between interview segments with Mr. Brook.
  • Director Peter Brook speaks of his recent trips through Iran and Africa with his troupe, known as the International Centre of Theatre Research, a multinational group of actors who lived communally and improvised outdoor performances in villages and fields. Mr. Brook discusses acting exercises and the nature of improvisation, as well as the language and cross-generational appeal of Shakespearean theatre.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Interviews.
Note
  • This program was originally broadcast on WCBS-TV, New York, as an episode of the Camera Three series.
  • Photographs depicting Mr. Brook's travels displayed during the interview were taken by Mary Ellen Mark.
Performer (note)
  • Interviewed by Margaret Croyden.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped by WCBS-TV, New York, N.Y., 1973.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.
Call Number
NCOW 223
OCLC
NYPG00-F19
Title
Peter Brook : conversations about theater [videorecording] / produced and directed by Merrill Brockway.
Imprint
New York, 1973 : Creative Arts Television Archive, c1997.
Performer
Interviewed by Margaret Croyden.
Event
Videotaped by WCBS-TV, New York, N.Y., 1973.
Local Note
Purchased by the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.
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Added Author
Brook, Peter, 1925-2022, interviewee.
Croyden, Margaret, interviewer.
Brockway, Merrill, television producer.
Brockway, Merrill, television director.
Creative Arts Television Archive (Firm)
Research Call Number
NCOW 223
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