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Director Director Peter Brook died
British theater and film director Peter Brooke died on July 2 in Paris at the age of 97, reports Le Monde.
One of the most important theatrical adventures of the second half of the 20th century ended with it, which made the theater a fabulous tool for researching a person in all its dimensions through legendary performances (French).
- Peter Brooke is considered one of the leading representatives of the avant -garde in the stage art of the last century. One of the first high -profile theatrical works of Peter Brook was the play “Romeo and Juliet” of 1947 at the Royal Shakespearean Theater. In it, the director embodied the concept of “empty space”, removing most of the scenery from the stage half an hour before the premiere.
- In the USSR, his performances “Hamlet”, “King Lear” and “Cherry Garden” were staged. In addition, the Chekhov International Theater Festival in different years presented three performances in Brook in Moscow - “On Wonderless Days”, “Sizve Banji died” and “Great Inquisitor”.
- Among the most famous films of Peter Brook “Lord of Flies” and “7 days. 7 nights (Moderato Cantabile) ”, nominated for the golden palm branch of the Cannes festival, as well as“ Mahabharata ”,“ Hamlet’s tragedy ”,“ Meetings with wonderful people ”.