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Title Peter Brook and the Mahabharata : critical perspectives / edited by David Williams
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 1991

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Description xiii, 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Part I: Introduction -- 1. Theatre of innocence and of experience: Peter Brook's International Centre - an introduction / David Wiliams -- 2. A narrative synopsis of the Mahabharata -- Part II: Practitioners' accounts -- 3. The presence of India: an introduction / Peter Brook -- 4. The language of stories / Peter Brook interviewed by Georges Banu -- 5. Theatre, popular and special, and the perils of cultural piracy / Peter Brook interviewed by David Britton -- 6. What is not in the Mahabharata is nowhere / J.-Claude Carrière -- 7. The bridge of sand / J.-Claude Carrière interviewed by Georges Banu -- 8. Fluidity and openness / Chloé Obolensky interviewed by Georges Banu -- 9. Sensitivity and listening / Toshi Tsuchitori interviewed by Georges Banu -- 10. Musical bricolage / Vincent Dehoux -- 11. Malleability and visiblity Jean Kalman interviewed by Georges Banu -- 12. Energy and the ensemble: actors' perspectives / Extracts from interviews with Andrzej Seweryn, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Mallika Sarabhai, Sotigui Kouyate, Yoshi Oida -- Part III: Scenography -- 13. The great poem of the world: a descriptive analysis -- Part IV: Production: critical perspectives -- 14. The great Indian epic and Peter Brook / Vijay Mishra -- 15. Interaction-interpretation: the Mahabharata from a socio-cultural perspective / Maria Shevtsova -- 16. A view from India / Rustom Bharucha -- 17. Something more volcanic / Michael Kustow -- 18. Peter Brook's 'Orientalism' / Gautam Dasgupta -- 19. Brook's six days: theatre as the meeting place between the visible and the invisible / Georges Banu -- Part V: Staging an epic: The Mahabharata in production -- 20. Mahabharata production details -- 21. The world tour: logistics and economics
Analysis Theatre Production (Arts)
Theatre
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-322) and index
Subject Brook, Peter, 1925-
Brook, Peter.
Carrière, Jean-Claude, 1931- -- Stage history.
Carrière, Jean-Claude, 1931- Mahabharata
Carrière, Jean-Claude. Mahabharata
SUBJECT Mahābhārata http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96011805 -- Adaptations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012499 -- History and criticism. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001187
Mahābhārata. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96011805
Mahābhārata http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96011805 -- Adaptations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012498 -- History and criticism. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001187
Mahābhārata http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96011805 -- Adaptations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012499
Genre/Form Adaptations.
Author Williams, David, 1957 June 4-
LC no. 91008195
ISBN 0415047773
0415047781 (paperback)