Brook

Born	Peter Stephen Paul Brook 21 March 1925 (age 89) Chiswick, London
Occupation	Director
Awards	Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play 1966 Marat/Sade 1971 A Mids

Peter Brook is a successful director who has written a book called "The Empty Space" on the subject.

He believes that the most important aspect of theatre is that the play is alive, working depending on the group of actors he has in front of him and working with the core meaning of the text, often using 'image' to communicate meaning. Brook has even been known to rewrite texts to get the meaning across better. He famously said to a group of actors "You'll never be as good as the play".

Here are some quotes from Brook:

“Time, which is so often an enemy in life, can also become our ally if we see how a pale moment can lead to a glowing moment, and then turn to a moment of perfect transparency, before dropping again to a moment of everyday simplicity.”

“Reality' is a word with many meanings.” 

“A stage space has two rules: (1) Anything can happen and (2) Something must happen.”

“The closeness of reality and the distance of myth, because if there is no distance you aren't amazed, and if there is no closeness you aren't moved.”