“The work of a director can be summed up in two very simple words. Why and How.”

— Peter Brook

[Brook, Peter, On Directing, 1999, Faber and Faber ltd, London, England, English, 0-571-19149-5, ix (Foreword)]

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English theatre and film director and innovator 1925

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