THEATER
Peter Brook and his theater company prepare an experimental version of Shakespeare's "The Tempest." Brook talks about the future of theater, its purpose, whether it has somehow been lost in the world today. His company is seen in acting exercises and performance. Critic Margaret Croyden comments on Brook's work.
Themes include: we no longer know what theater can be. We need to find again a sense of "magic." What is "acting"? Characters in "The Tempest" explore a range of human possibilities, for example Caliban is a "monster" so the actor must find the monster in himself to portray this figure.
Peter Brook and his theater company prepare an experimental version of Shakespeare's "The Tempest." Brook talks about the future of theater, its purpose, whether it has somehow been lost in the world today. His company is seen in acting exercises and performance. Critic Margaret Croyden comments on Brook's work.
Themes include: we no longer know what theater can be. We need to find again a sense of "magic." What is "acting"? Characters in "The Tempest" explore a range of human possibilities, for example Caliban is a "monster" so the actor must find the monster in himself to portray this figure.
29 mins. Produced and Directed by Merrill Brockway.
Air Date: 2/28/71
Peter Brook, theater director.
Members of acting company. Margaret Croyden, theater critic.