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For someone whose long career has been devoted to innovating and celebrating theatre, it may come as no surprise that his seminal book on theatre starts out with the deadly corpse of what better theatre has become owing mostly to the demands of a box office. Surprisingly more upbeat things to say about the critics who should be demanding more from the stage yet audiences and actors who cater to them put up with less.
— May 05, 2024 12:01PM
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Kyle
is on page 141 of 144
Brook’s attempt to make this chapter more personal and immediate still includes theorists such as Brecht, Artaud and Grotowski in a more prudent way: their examples inspire him but do not make Brook. When concluding with the three French concepts, repetition is the work of theatre artists to move the needle into representation but it is the role of the audience is the final pièce of the puzzle for a play.
— May 20, 2024 11:34AM
Kyle
is on page 97 of 144
An essential element of rough theatre is the dirt along the edges, showing that even the holiest concept has not elevated itself too far from the common ground. One playwright that established the right sort of altitude is Brecht but even he escapes into the lofty heights of intellectualism. Turns out that Shakespeare outbrechts Brecht. Only later Brook casts doubt upon these theatrical relics of the Elizabethan age.
— May 14, 2024 11:15AM
Kyle
is on page 64 of 144
Switching over to the original intention of theatre, a holy ritual of showing the unseen to spectators, gives life to the deadliest forms written about previously. And who better to refer to than our old friend Artaud whose vision of an immersive reality never achieved in his troubled lifetime, still left an impression on theatre artists. Unlike most religions (even Zen) the experience Brook wants is at ground level.
— May 08, 2024 07:48PM
