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Peter Brook

The Quality of Mercy

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In The Quality of Mercy, one of the world's most revered theatre directors reflects on a fascinating variety of Shakespearean topics.
In this sequence of essays, Peter Brook debates such questions as who was the man who wrote Shakespeare's plays, why Shakespeare is never out of date, and how actors should approach Shakespeare's verse. He also revisits some of the plays which he has directed with notable brilliance, such as King Lear, Titus Andronicus and, of course, A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Taken as a whole, this short but immensely wise book offers an illuminating and provocative insight into a great director's relationship with our greatest playwright.
'An invaluable gift from the greatest Shakespeare director of our time… Brook's genius, modesty, and brilliance shine through on every page' James Shapiro, author of 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare
Literary CriticismDramaModern
76 printed pages
Copyright owner
Bookwire
Original publication
2014
Publication year
2014
Publisher
Nick Hern Books

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    I had a similar experience when I staged Hamlet for the first time. Full of awe and respect for this great challenge, I closely studied all the detailed analyses I could lay my hands on. As a result, intuition had no place, and the production was dull, except for Paul Scofield, who refused all discussion and analyses.
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      When we look at a printed page of Beckett’s plays, we see almost every short line followed by ‘Pause’. This was Beckett’s Advice to the Players. Chekhov did the same, but for ‘Pause’ he used ‘ . . . ’. For the simple series of words to take on the fullest human dimension, the speaker must trust the resonances that arise in these tiny gaps
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        one of the greatest dangers, I think, that all of us who practise the staging of Shakespeare encounter is the tendency to simplify and reduce.
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