She’s not just his fixer,assistant, co-writer and collaborator. She even picks the costumes and carpets. As Peter Brook revisits his epic Mahabharata, or Marie-Hélène Estienne looks back on 40 years of triumphs and tiffsAnticipation is already high for Peter Brook’s return to Britain next month with a fresh piece of theatre based on his canonical version of the Mahabharata. Brook,now 90, is regularly feted as the most influential director alive; his fleeting trips to the UK beget taken on the aspect of a revered elder paying a visit to the waiting faithful. Related: Peter Brook to rekindle the magic of the Mahabharata Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com