Director Peter Brook has died aged 97. His award-winning stage productions transformed 20th-century theater.
, Brook established a reputation for breaking with convention. Among his best-known productions was a Tony Award-winning 1970 staging of"A Midsummer Night's Dream" -- starring Frances de la Tour, Ben Kingsley and, later, Patrick Stewart -- which rejected the classic interpretations of the time with minimalist staging, boldly sexual undercurrents and contemporary costumes that spanned cultures.
As well as works by the English playwright, Brook's time at the RSC saw him direct"US", a searing critique of America's involvement in the Vietnam War, and a Tony Award-winning rendition of German dramatist Peter Weiss's"Marat/Sade".
In his later years, Brook continued bringing tales from around the world to his stages, telling the life story of the Sufi sage Tierno Bokar and recounting the struggles of Black South Africans during apartheid in his adaptation of Can Themba's"The Suit". 'Shakespeare in Love' screenplay writer Tom Stoppard said 'Leopoldstadt' would be his last play -- now he's not so sure
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