Director Peter Brook, one of the most influential of the 20th century, has died this Saturday at the age of 97, Agence France Presse reports this Sunday, citing a source close to Brook.
The theater teacher, born in the United Kingdom but who developed most of his career in France, at the head of his Parisian theater ´Les Bouffes du Nord´, reinvented the art of staging, favoring refined forms over traditional scenarios.
It was at the end of the 1960s, after dozens of successes, including several works by Shakespeare, and after having directed the best -from Laurence Olivier to Orson Welles-, when he decided to settle in France, where he began an experimental stage. marked by the “empty space” theory.
It was also in that country where he made monumental works, guided by exoticism and with actors from different cultures.
The best known work is “The Mahabharata”, a nine-hour epic of Hindu mythology, adapted to the cinema in 1989.
In the 90s he was successful in the United Kingdom with “Beautiful Days”, by Samuel Beckett. Critics hailed him as “the best director London hasn’t had”.
After an adventure of more than 35 years in the ‘Bouffes du Nord’, Peter Brook left the direction of the theater in 2010, at the age of 85, having continued to direct productions until recently.
Source: Observadora
