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Peter Brook - what members say

Lord Of The Flies review by mdridley from North Yorkshire, England

Lord Of The Flies 19 July 2008
...ormances from the kids involved and authoritative theatre-styled direction from Peter Brook. ... Read customer review

The Mahabharata review by from London

An Epic Indian Poem 17 June 2005
...into a soap opera of Gods, Humans and monsters. That is until this version from Peter Brook. What Peter Brook has managed to do with his ensemble of excellent multinati... Read customer review

King Lear review by from Surrey, England

Peter Brook's King Lear 17 March 2006
...Peter Brook's distinctive reading of King Lear, through Samuel Beckett's Endgame, offers a strikingly bleak picture of the world of Shakespeare's tragedy. The psychologica... Read customer review

Peter Brook - filmography

Don Giovanni - Mozart on DVD (2002)
Starring: Mireille Delunsch, Anna Larsson, Peter Mattei
Director: Peter Brook
Certificate:
Opera in two acts. Staged by Peter Brook. Features the 2002 cast.

69% from 52 members

The Mahabharata (2 discs) on DVD (1989)
Director: Peter Brook
Certificate:
Based on the legend central to Indian culture, this tells the story of the feud between two groups of cousins which escalated and resulted in a devastating global war.

62% from 238 members

King Lear on DVD (1971)
Starring: Paul Scofield
Director: Peter Brook
Certificate:
Five features. In 'The Taming Of The Shrew' Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton star in this earthy, robust version of the classic Shakespeare comedy, which was director Franco Zeffirelli's first film. Michael York plays Lucentio, the young student who falls for comely Bianca (Natasha Pyne) and ..read more »

65% from 190 members

Marat Sade (1967)
Starring: Patrick Magee, Ian Richardson, Michael Williams
Director: Peter Brook
Certificate:
In an Asylum, Marquis de Sade directs the Jean Paul Marat's last days through a theather play.

73% from 16 members
Currently unavailable

Marat/Sade (1966)
Starring: Patrick Magee, Ian Richardson, Michael Williams
Director: Peter Brook
Certificate:
In an insane Asylum, Marquis de Sade directs the Jean Paul Marat's last days through a theather play. The actors are the patients.

53% from 3 members
Currently unavailable

Lord Of The Flies on DVD (1963)
Starring: James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Roger Elwin
Director: Peter Brook
Certificate:
A bleak rebuke to the Rousseauvian notion of the noble savage, director Peter Brook's faithful adaptation of William Golding's 1954 novel stars James Aubrey and Tom Chapin as antagonists Ralph and Jack, respectively. When a plane carrying thirty-odd British schoolboys out of a war zone crashes on ..read more »

65% from 1,159 member

The Beggar's Opera on DVD (1952)
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Stanley Holloway, Dorothy Tutin
Director: Peter Brook
Certificate:
Possibly the first ever English musical, John Gay's THE BEGGAR'S OPERA, tells the tale of a dandy highwayman, locked up in prison in 18th century London, who decides to write an opera based on his own career. With one song after another, Peter Brook's primary coloured, exuberant 1952 adaptation ..read more »

50% from 142 members

Aix-En-Provence Festival 2 (4 discs) on DVD
Director: Toni Servillo, Phillippe Calvario, Luc Bondy
Certificate:
4 operas filmed between 2001 abnd 2006 at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, including 'Don Givanni', 'L'italiana in Algeri' and 'The Turn Of The Screw' in striking productions and with world-class artists.

15% from 2 members

Peter Brook facts

5 most recent films

Don Giovanni - Mozart - 3.5 stars
The Mahabharata - 3.0 stars
King Lear - 3.5 stars
Marat Sade - 3.5 stars
Marat/Sade - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Don Giovanni - Mozart - 3.5 stars
Lord Of The Flies - 3.5 stars
King Lear - 3.5 stars
The Mahabharata - 3.0 stars
The Beggar's Opera - 2.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Aix-En-Provence Festival 2 - 1.0 stars
Marat/Sade - 2.5 stars
Marat Sade - 3.5 stars
The Beggar's Opera - 2.5 stars
The Mahabharata - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Patrick Magee - 2 times - show films
Ian Richardson - 2 times - show films
Freddie Jones - 2 times - show films
Clifford Rose - 2 times - show films
Hugh Sullivan - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Toni Servillo - 1 times - show films
Phillippe Calvario - 1 times - show films
Phill - 1 times - show films
Luc Bondy - 1 times - show films