Big Bhishma in Madras: In Search of the Mahabharata with Peter Brook

by Jean-Claude Carrière

'Where can one find the Mahabharata? The facile answer is "India".'

A chance comment in 1974 fired Peter Brook and Jean-Claude Carri re with the idea of producing a play based on the epic. Together they travelled across India, searching for all possible theatrical forms of the great poem. The result was an epic play--9 hours with two intermissions--later made into a film and a TV series, which has become a landmark in theatre...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9388326490
• ISBN13: 9789388326490
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Speaking Tiger Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.8"