December 14, 2018
“Peter Brook has been a gale force in theater for well over half a century.”
“Peter Brook has been a gale force in theater for well over half a century.”
“Brook’s profound understanding of Dostoevsky and Beckett – both of whose work he has directed
“The Prisoner is a story made to be told in the theater. Here we all
“Red earth of somewhere, not European…In The Prisoner, the stage has a look that has come to
“The Prisoner thrives on its simplicity in physical production design, words and performance. This 70-minute
“A tale of crime and punishment… The Prisoner, written and directed by Peter Brook and
“A radically simple enactment and performance. The Prisoner offers deep moral seriousness. No other theater
Join us for free post-show conversations with artists and scholars after the following performances of
The National Theatre’s The Prisoner is a moving example of Peter Brook’s “late style” Read
By Sara Holdren The Emperor, a two-performer meditation on the man-made mythos of power, is
By Hayley Levitt The layered legacy of Ryszard Kapuściński’s journalism-adjacent novel The Emperor imposes a
(This review refers to an earlier production of The Emperor at the Young Vic, London.)