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Quote by Peter Brook

“Tradition itself, in times of dogmatism and dogmatic revolution, is a revolutionary force which must be safeguarded.”

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Peter Brook, born on March 21, 1925, is a world-renowned theatre director from the United Kingdom. His dramatic works are characterized by their unique style and emphasis on interaction between actors and audiences, making him one of the pioneers of modern theatre. more

“Many audiences all over the world will answer positively from their own experience that they have seen the face of the invisible through an experience on the stage that transcended their experience in life. They will maintain that Oedipus or Berenice or Hamlet or The Three Sisters performed with beauty and with love fires the spirit and gives them a reminder that daily drabness is not necessarily all.”

World Giving Faces Spirit Three Answers Audience Fire Stage Invisible Reminders Positively Oedipus Three Sisters

Author:Peter Brook

“Laughter is born out of the discovery of the contradictory.”

Born Laughter Discovery Contradictory

Author:Alfred Jarry

“Applause that comes thundering with such force you might think the audience merely suffers the music as an excuse for its ovations.”

Thinking Might Suffering Force Audience Excuse Applause Ovation

Author:Alfred Jarry

“The theater, bringing impersonal masks to life, is only for those who are virile enough to create new life: either as a conflict of passions subtler than those we already know, or as a complete new character.”

Knows Enough Character Life Is Passion Conflict Theater Theatre Mask New Life

Book:Selected works: Edited by Roger Shattuck and Simon Watson Taylor