Actor Quotes by Peter Brook

10 Actor quotes by Peter Brook

Peter Brook provides ten brief insights that cut straight to the heart of his theatrical philosophy. The collection feels like a handful of distilled notes, offering a clear window into his view of performance.

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Theatre is, occasionally, capable of moments of truth.

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Every form of theatre has something in common with a visit to the doctor. On the way out, one should always feel…

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The purpose of theatre is... making an event in which a group of fragments are sudde nly brought together... in a community…

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The meaning of a theater event is that none of us could see something so clearly as with the new energy that…

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The life of a play begins and ends in the moment of performance. This is where author, actors, and directors express all…

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Preparing a character is the opposite of building-it is a demolishing, removing brick by brick everything in the actor's muscles, ideas and…

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Many audiences all over the world will answer positively from their own experience that they have seen the face of the invisible…

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A British actor will savour every syllable of a Shakespearean line, while a French actor will drive to the end of a…

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Theatres, actors, critics and public are interlocked in a machine that creaks but never stops. There is always a new season in…

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“Truth in theatre is always on the move. As you read this book, it is already moving out of date. it is…

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Shakespeare doesn't belong to the past. If his material is valid, it is valid now. It's like coal. The only meaningfulness of a piece…

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Never ask yourself what you have learned... only ask yourself what are the circumstances which are different from last year. In that way, you…

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I've always worked a bit like a cook in a big restaurant, where you've got lots and lots of things laid out and you…

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Drama is exposure; it is confrontation; it is contradiction and it leads to analysis, construction, recognition and eventually to an awakening of understanding.

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