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Conference of the Birds: The Story of Peter Brook in Africa by John Heilpern 9780878301102

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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 is a story that became a search for the miraculous.



About the Author

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).



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"[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 of Motorcycle Maintenance." -- Philip Toynbee, The Observer





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ISBN 9780878301102
Author John Heilpern
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc
Weight(grams) 630g

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