Conference Of The Birds - The Story Of Peter Brook In Africa

By John Heilpern

Book Overview

Conference of the Birds is John Heilpern's true story of an extraordinary journey. In December 1972, the director Peter Brook and an international troupe of actors (Helen Mirren and Yoshi Oida among... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0571103723
• ISBN13: 9780571103720
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: FABER AND FABER
• Length: 317 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The Conference of the Birds

I have owned - and read - this book for many years. For anyone who has had an interest in delving in to the world of theatre which is on the very edge of discovery, read this book. Take a group of ethnically diverse actors, a carpet, a pair of boots, a very rough idea and a collection of small African villages, some of whom have never encountered anyone from outside their own small community, and you have the perfect mix for rediscovering the true meaning of theatre. At one and the same time massively amusing and wonderfully inspiring, enter into the world and the mind of the 20th century's most creative forces - Peter Brook.