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The Shifting Point: Theatre, Film, Opera 1946-1987

by Peter Brook · 1987

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"Peter Brook is one of the artistic geniuses of our time."—The San Francisco ChroniclePThe first paperback edition of this major collection of essays—the culmination of forty years' work by one of the most thoughtful directors in contemporary theatre.

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