Briton Peter Brook, theater legend, and one of 20th-century's most influential directors, has died at the age 97 in Paris. Born in Great Britain, the theater master spent most of his life in France. He was the director of the Parisian theater "Les Bouffes du Nord" and had rewritten the art of directing, favoring clean shapes over traditional decorations.
After directing many great plays, including Shakespeare's, and having directed some of the most important - such as Laurence Olivier and Orson Welles – he decided to move to France at the end 1960s. This is where he began his experimental period based on the theory of "empty spaces".
He also stages major pieces that are fueled by exoticism and starring actors from diverse cultures in this country. Mahabharata (1985), a nine-hour epic about Hindu mythology, is his most well-known play. It was adapted for cinema in 1989.
When he won the United Kingdom's Oh the beautiful times of Samuel Beckett in the 1990s, critics called him "the best director London doesn't have". Peter Brook, 85, left the theater's management in 2010 after a 35-year adventure at the Bouffes de Nord. He continued to stage productions at the theater until recent times.
You can honor the deceased by visiting his memorial page on Libra Memoria.
