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John Heilpern - Conference of the Birds: The Story of Peter Brook in Africa (Theatre Arts (Routledge Paperback)) - 9780878301102 - V9780878301102
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Conference of the Birds: The Story of Peter Brook in Africa (Theatre Arts (Routledge Paperback))

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Description for Conference of the Birds: The Story of Peter Brook in Africa (Theatre Arts (Routledge Paperback)) Paperback. Conference of the Birds is John Heilpern's true story of an extraordinary journey: the start of an 8,500-mile expedition through Africa without precedent in the history of theatre. It is a story that became a search for the miraculous. Num Pages: 338 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBX; AN; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.

Conference of the Birds is John Heilpern's true story of an extraordinary journey. In December 1972, the director Peter Brook and an international troupe of actors (Helen Mirren and Yoshi Oida among them) left their Paris base to emerge again in the Sahara desert. It was the start of an 8,500-mile expedition through Africa without precedent in the history of theater. Brook was in search of a new beginning that has since been revealed in all his work--from Conference of the Birds and Carmen to TheMahabharata and beyond. At the heart of John Heilpern's brilliant account of the African experiment ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780878301102
SKU
V9780878301102
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2

About John Heilpern
John Heilpern is Chief Drama Critic for The New YorkObserver and contributing editor to Vogue. He is the author of How Good is David Mamet, Anyway? also published this season by Routledge (see p. 000).

Reviews for Conference of the Birds: The Story of Peter Brook in Africa (Theatre Arts (Routledge Paperback))
"[O]ne of the best theatre books ever written."
Financial Times "Priceless."
The Financial Times "Apart from its interest to theatre specialists, Conference of the Birds is as enthralling a piece of reportage as I have ever read."
Irving Wardle, TheTimes (London) "The most exciting new book I have read since Robert M. Pirsig's Zen and the Art ... Read more

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