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Brook’s Triumph

Date released

4 Apr 1935

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

494

NoS ID

141373

Story no

10 / 10

Extras

1 commentary sheet

Tumultuous welcome home.

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Peter Brook (1973 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 27 minutes), £189.00

An interview with Peter Brook recorded in 1973 just after his return from Africa with his Centre of Theatre Research group of actors. Brook discusses his views on such issues as cross-cultural performances,...

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Peter Brook (1982 Television)

Series

Levin Interviews

Bernard Levin talks to Peter Brook about his 35-year career as a director in theatre, film and television.

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News in Brief

Date released

14 Jan 1937

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

680

NoS ID

142992

Story no

7 / 12

Mr HL Brook abandons Cape flight.

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Peter Brook (1966 Radio)

Series

Voices

Producer

Gerald Pratley

Radio talk series. Presenter Gerald Pratley gives an introduction to Peter Brook’s career. There are extracts from a lecture Brook gave in Paris on the aesthetics of cinema and theatre speaking of the...

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Beggar’s Opera, The (1953 Video)

Director

Peter Brook

Producer

Laurence Olivier; Herbert Wilcox

Subject

Drama; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £15.99

Peter Brook’s 1953 film adaptation of the John Gay opera. Laurence Olivier plays MacHeath, a highwayman in Newgate prison, and his love for too many beautiful women.

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Peter Brook on Hamlet (2002 Television)

Richard Eyre interviews Peter Brook about his production of The Tragedy of Hamlet at the Theatres de Bouffes du Nord in Paris.

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Review [01/01/1971] (1971 Television)

aka: Throwing out the Cobwebs

Series

Review

Director

David Heycock

Producer

Peter Adam; Tony Staveacre

A BBC topical arts magazine series. This episode is devoted to the work of Peter Brook. Includes a long interview with Brook by James Mossman in which Brook talks about his production for the RSC of A...

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Peter Brook (1989 Television)

Series

South Bank Show, The

Director

David Thomas

Producer

David Thomas

Television arts documentary. Melvyn Bragg interviews Peter Brook, covering the whole of his career, with specific reference to the production of The Mahabharata, but also including rare extracts from the...

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After the Dream (1978 Television)

Series

Omnibus

Director

Dennis Marks

BBC television arts documentary programme about Peter Brook. Filmed in rehearsal with Brook in Paris, Stratford and London. The programme focuses on his work since his celebrated production of A Midsummer...

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