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Peter Brook and a Handful of Hamlets

Peter Brook and a Handful of Hamlets PETER BROOK AND A HANDFUL OF HAMLETS Lenora Champagne BOOKS REVIEWED: Margaret Croyden, Conversations with Peter Brook, 1970–2000. New York: Faber and Faber, 2003; Andy Lavender, Hamlet in Pieces: Shakespeare Reworked by Peter Brook, Robert Lepage, Robert Wilson. New York: Continuum, 2001. ast spring I saw Peter Brook’s production, Tierno Bokar. As usual, I was struck by the clarity of the luminous performances, the simplicity of the staging, the importance of community, the telling of stories that reflect on what it is to be human, the honoring of death and the dead. The stories, like the staging, were relatively simple and very engaging, but tried to get to the heart of how to live. Brook’s characters are always trying to figure out how to live on the right path; there’s a spiritual quest (and usually a journey) going on, without the promise of a particular god. Tierno Bokar learns there is “your truth, my truth, and the truth,” which leaves the impression of wisdom, without providing an explicit answer. While several people I know were underwhelmed by Tierno Bokar, I found it tremendously moving and eloquent, both deliberate and light. The marvelous transparency that Brook’s actors have always http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art MIT Press

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Publisher
MIT Press
Copyright
© 2005 Lenora Champagne
ISSN
1520-281X
eISSN
1537-9477
DOI
10.1162/152028106775329606
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PETER BROOK AND A HANDFUL OF HAMLETS Lenora Champagne BOOKS REVIEWED: Margaret Croyden, Conversations with Peter Brook, 1970–2000. New York: Faber and Faber, 2003; Andy Lavender, Hamlet in Pieces: Shakespeare Reworked by Peter Brook, Robert Lepage, Robert Wilson. New York: Continuum, 2001. ast spring I saw Peter Brook’s production, Tierno Bokar. As usual, I was struck by the clarity of the luminous performances, the simplicity of the staging, the importance of community, the telling of stories that reflect on what it is to be human, the honoring of death and the dead. The stories, like the staging, were relatively simple and very engaging, but tried to get to the heart of how to live. Brook’s characters are always trying to figure out how to live on the right path; there’s a spiritual quest (and usually a journey) going on, without the promise of a particular god. Tierno Bokar learns there is “your truth, my truth, and the truth,” which leaves the impression of wisdom, without providing an explicit answer. While several people I know were underwhelmed by Tierno Bokar, I found it tremendously moving and eloquent, both deliberate and light. The marvelous transparency that Brook’s actors have always

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PAJ: A Journal of Performance and ArtMIT Press

Published: Jan 1, 2006

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