Peter Brook – a life in pictures

The groundbreaking British theatre director, whose huge influence reached around the world, has died at the age of 97

Main image: Peter Brook Photograph: Martin Argles/The Guardian

  • Peter Brook in 2002
    Peter Brook in 2002

  • Hugh Edwards and James Aubrey play Piggy and Ralph in Lord of the Flies (1963), directed by Peter Brook
    Hugh Edwards and James Aubrey play Piggy and Ralph in Lord of the Flies (1963), directed by Peter Brook

  • Marat/Sade (1967), directed by Peter Brook
    Marat/Sade (1967), directed by Peter Brook

  • A Royal Shakespeare Company production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1971) directed by Peter Brook at Aldwych theatre, London
    A Royal Shakespeare Company production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1971) directed by Peter Brook at Aldwych theatre, London

  • The Italian actor Marcello Magni rehearses in Paris for the Samuel Beckett play Act Without Words II, directed by Peter Brook, in 2006
    The Italian actor Marcello Magni rehearses in Paris for the Samuel Beckett play Act Without Words II, directed by Peter Brook, in 2006

  • The Prisoner was co-written and co-directed by Brook and long-time collaborator Marie-Hélène Estienne, drawing on work and research across several countries and continents. The performance was part of the residency of the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord at the 2018 Edinburgh international festival
    The Prisoner, co-written and co-directed by Brook and long-time collaborator Marie-Hélène Estienne

  • Brook directs a rehearsal of his play Mahabharata at Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord in Paris. The play is a stage adaptation written by Brook and the French scriptwriter Jean-Claude Carriere, based on the Indian epic poem
    Brook directs a rehearsal of his play Mahabharata on stage at Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord in Paris

  • Virgile Frannais and William Nadylam in A Magic Flute by Brook and CICT/Theatre des Bouffes du Nord, seen at the Barbican in London
    Virgile Frannais and William Nadylam in A Magic Flute by Brook and CICT/Theatre des Bouffes du Nord, seen at the Barbican in London

  • Portrait of Peter Brook
    Peter Brook

  • Jared McNeill and Kathryn Hunter in The Valley of Astonishment, written and directed by Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne, at the Young Vic
    Jared McNeill and Kathryn Hunter in The Valley of Astonishment, written and directed by Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne, at the Young Vic

  • Jared McNeill in The Valley of Astonishment
    Jared McNeill in The Valley of Astonishment

  • The British actor Adrian Lester plays Hamlet in a dress rehearsal of the Shakespeare play, directed by Brook at the Theatre Bouffes du Nord in Paris in 2000
    The British actor Adrian Lester plays Hamlet in a dress rehearsal of the Shakespeare play, directed by Brook at the Theatre Bouffes du Nord in Paris in 2000

  • William Nadylam as Philemon in The Suit at the Young Vic, directed by Peter Brook
    William Nadylam as Philemon in The Suit at the Young Vic, directed by Peter Brook

  • Brook poses during a photo session at the Bouffes du Nord theatre in Paris
    Brook poses during a photo session at the Bouffes du Nord theatre in Paris
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