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Based on a talk given by Brook in Berlin, this text addresses questions about performing Shakespeare today, including: why is Shakespeare not out of date?; what do we mean by Shakespeare's "genius", "creativity" or "poetry"?; what, in fact, is the Shakespeare phenomenon? Brook invites the reader to consider the actual conditions of Elizabethan theatre and the actual qualities of Shakespeare's language.
The text of a talk given by renowned theatre director Peter Brook in Berlin in 1998, addressing essential questions about performing Shakespeare today. Brook invites us to consider the actual conditions of the Elizabethan theatre and the actual qualities of Shakespeare's language.
Published as part of the Dramatic Contexts series: important statements on the theatre by major figures in the theatre.