Peter Brook

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author film director human theatre director theatre theorist

Peter Brook was a highly influential British theatre and film director renowned for his innovative, minimalist stagings and groundbreaking work with Shakespeare and experimental theatre.

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Label Occurrences
Peter Brook canonical 4
Peter Stephen Paul Brook 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf author ⓘ
film director ⓘ
human ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ
theatre theorist ⓘ
awardReceived European Theatre Prize ⓘ
surface form: Europe Theatre Prize

Grand Prix du Théâtre de l’Académie française ⓘ
Praemium Imperiale ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play ⓘ
basedIn Bouffes du Nord Theatre ⓘ
child Irina Brook ⓘ
Simon Brook ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1925-03-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2022-07-02 ⓘ
directed A Midsummer Night's Dream ⓘ
surface form: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1970 stage production)

"King Lear" (1971 film) ⓘ
surface form: King Lear (1971 film)

Lord of the Flies (1963 film) ⓘ
Marat/Sade (1967 film) ⓘ
Marat/Sade (stage production) ⓘ
The Mahabharata (1989 film) ⓘ
The Mahabharata (stage production) ⓘ
educatedAt Magdalen College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
Westminster School ⓘ
familyName Brook ⓘ
founded International Centre for Theatre Research ⓘ
fullName Peter Brook self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Peter Stephen Paul Brook
gender male ⓘ
givenName Peter ⓘ
influenced contemporary theatre directing ⓘ
knownFor experimental theatre ⓘ
innovative Shakespeare productions ⓘ
minimalist staging ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
French ⓘ
notableIdea concept of the "empty space" in theatre ⓘ
notableWork "King Lear" (1971 film) ⓘ
surface form: King Lear (1971 film)

Lord of the Flies (1963 film) ⓘ
Marat/Sade ⓘ
The Empty Space ⓘ
Mahabharata ⓘ
surface form: The Mahabharata
occupation film director ⓘ
producer ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth England ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

United Kingdom ⓘ
placeOfDeath France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
spouse Natasha Parry ⓘ

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Best Direction of a Play → notableRecipient → Peter Brook ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play → hasNotableRecipient → Peter Brook ⓘ
Nonino Prize → notableRecipient → Peter Brook ⓘ
Peter Brook → fullName → Peter Brook self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peter Stephen Paul Brook
European Theatre Prize → notableRecipient → Peter Brook ⓘ