The Man Who
A Theatrical Research
1st Edition
Published on 21. September 2017
41 pages
978-1-350-05839-2 (ISBN)
Description
"Peter Brook is not only one of the truly outstanding directors of our time, he is also, undoubtedly, the only one whose skill as a writer equals his genius as a practitioner of the theatre." - Martin Esslin
A new work from Peter Brook - the contemporary theatre's greatest inventor.Whatever the social and national barriers, we all have a brain and we think we know it. But, the moment we go inside, we find we are on another planet.
Using Oliver Sacks' neurological study The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat as its inspiration, The Man Who offers a series of fascinating Doctor/Patient scenarios that examine our attempts to understand the workings of the brain. In turn, these case studies become Brook's starting point in his search for a new theatre form.
A new work from Peter Brook - the contemporary theatre's greatest inventor.Whatever the social and national barriers, we all have a brain and we think we know it. But, the moment we go inside, we find we are on another planet.
Using Oliver Sacks' neurological study The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat as its inspiration, The Man Who offers a series of fascinating Doctor/Patient scenarios that examine our attempts to understand the workings of the brain. In turn, these case studies become Brook's starting point in his search for a new theatre form.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-350-05839-2 (9781350058392)
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Person
Peter Brook was a former co-director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and headed up the International Centre of Theatre Research in Paris. He directed more than 50 productions and a film version of The Lord of the Flies. He was also the author of Threads of Time, There Are No Secrets, The Empty Space and The Shifting Point.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Stimuli
- Frontal Lobe 1
- Frontal Lobe 2
- Autist
- The Man from La Rochelle
- Visual Agnosia
- My Mother's Arm
- Negligence 1
- Negligence 2
- Negligence 3
- Loss of Proprioception
- Ticker
- Japanese Songs
- The Dream
- Broca's Aphasia
- Jargon
- Blindsight
- eCopyright
