{"product_id":"the-prisoner-paperback","title":"The Prisoner - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Brook\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMarie-Hélène Estienne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The most pioneering theatre director of the twentieth century.\" --\u003cem\u003eIndependent\u003c\/em\u003e on Peter Brook\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Achieves a magnificent balance of stillness, relaxation, and narrative tension; compelling us to pause, to breathe, and to reflect, but also moving the story towards its end with the inevitability and energy of a natural force, harnessed by an absolute master.\" --\u003cem\u003eScotsman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Elliptical and surprisingly witty...There is a delicious lightness at play, however profound the play's contemplations.\" --\u003cem\u003eHerald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"During one hour and fifteen minutes, the Earth stops spinning at its maddening speed, to allow Brook to whisper in our ear one of his beautiful universal stories.\" --\u003cem\u003eLes Echoes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The work of an artist for whom the human heart has no secrets and who knows the revealing and consoling force of theatre.\" --\u003cem\u003eLe Figaroscope\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSomewhere in the world, a man sits alone outside a prison. Who is he, and why is he there? Is it a choice, or a punishment? With \u003cem\u003eThe Prisoner\u003c\/em\u003e, the internationally renowned theatre director \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Brook\u003c\/strong\u003e and his long-time collaborator \u003cstrong\u003eMarie-Hélène Estienne\u003c\/strong\u003e ask provocative and profound questions about justice, guilt, redemption--and what it means to be free.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Prisoner\u003c\/em\u003e opened at Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Paris, in March 2018, before an international tour which included performances at the Edinburgh International Festival, the National Theatre of Great Britain, and Theatre for a New Audience in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Brook\u003c\/strong\u003e is one of the world's best-known theatre directors. Outstanding in a career full of remarkable achievements are his productions of \u003cem\u003eTitus Andronicus\u003c\/em\u003e (1955) with Laurence Olivier, \u003cem\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/em\u003e (1962) with Paul Scofield, and\u003cem\u003e The Marat\/Sade\u003c\/em\u003e (1964) and \u003cem\u003eA Midsummer Night's Dream\u003c\/em\u003e(1970), both for the Royal Shakespeare Company.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince moving to Paris and establishing the International Centre for Theatre Research in 1970 and the International Centre for Theatre Creation when he opened the Bouffes du Nord in 1974, he has produced a series of events which push at the boundaries of theatre, such as \u003cem\u003eConference of the Birds\u003c\/em\u003e (1976), \u003cem\u003eThe Ik\u003c\/em\u003e (1975), \u003cem\u003eThe Mahabharata\u003c\/em\u003e (1985) and \u003cem\u003eThe Tragedy of Carmen\u003c\/em\u003e (1981) to name but a few.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHis films include \u003cem\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/em\u003e (1963), \u003cem\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/em\u003e (1970), \u003cem\u003eThe Mahabharata\u003c\/em\u003e (1989), \u003cem\u003eTell Me Lies\u003c\/em\u003e (restored 2013) and \u003cem\u003eMeetings with Remarkable Men\u003c\/em\u003e (restored 2017).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHis hugely influential books, from \u003cem\u003eThe Empty Space\u003c\/em\u003e (1968) to \u003cem\u003eThe Quality of Mercy\u003c\/em\u003e (2013), have been published in many languages throughout the world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarie-Hélène Estienne\u003c\/strong\u003e joined the Centre International de Créations Théâtrales (C.I.C.T.) in 1977. She was Peter Brook's assistant on \u003cem\u003eLa Tragédie de Carmen\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLe Mahabharata\u003c\/em\u003e, and collaborated on the staging of \u003cem\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eImpressions de Pelléas\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWoza Albert!\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLa Tragédie d'Hamlet\u003c\/em\u003e (2000). She co-authored \u003cem\u003eL'homme qui\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eJe suis un phénomène\u003c\/em\u003e performed at Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord. She wrote the French adaptation of Can Themba's play \u003cem\u003eLe Costume\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSizwe Banzi est mort\u003c\/em\u003e by Athol Fugard, John Kani and Winston Ntshona. In 2003, she wrote the French and English adaptations of \u003cem\u003eLe Grand Inquisiteur\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eThe Grand Inquisitor\u003c\/em\u003e) based on Dostoyevsky's \u003cem\u003eBrothers Karamazov\u003c\/em\u003e. She was the author of \u003cem\u003eTierno Bokar\u003c\/em\u003e in 2005, and of the English adaptation of \u003cem\u003eEleven and Twelve\u003c\/em\u003e by Amadou Hampâté Bâ in 2009. With Peter Brook, she co-directed \u003cem\u003eFragments\u003c\/em\u003e, five short pieces by Beckett, and again with Peter Brook and composer Franck Krawczyk, she freely adapted Mozart and Schikaneder's \u003cem\u003eDie Zauberflöte\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eThe Magic Flute\u003c\/em\u003e) into \u003cem\u003eUne flûte enchantée\u003c\/em\u003e. She co-created \u003cem\u003eThe Suit\u003c\/em\u003e in 2012 and \u003cem\u003eThe Valley of Astonishment\u003c\/em\u003e in 2013, both performed at the Young Vic, London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 48\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.8 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 25, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47220124156153,"sku":"9781559369572","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/M0c_U86OPG9781559369572.webp?v=1768174108","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-prisoner-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}