{"product_id":"9781780019154","title":"Hamlet in Pieces: Shakespeare Reworked by Peter Brook, Robert Lepage, Robert Wilson","description":"\u003cp\u003eThree extraordinary productions of \u003cem\u003eHamlet\u003c\/em\u003e by three giants of modern theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Brook, Robert Lepage and Robert Wilson have all attempted radical reworkings of \u003cem\u003eHamlet\u003c\/em\u003e. This book examines their very different approaches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrook's \u003cem\u003eQui Est La\u003c\/em\u003e - his 'variation' on Hamlet - was first seen in Paris in 1995, incorporating the writings of Artaud, Brecht, Craig, Meyerhold, Stanislavsky and Zeami Motikoyo into edited scenes from Shakespeare's play. He has since tackled the full play in a spare and definitive production which provides the subject of the epilogue to this volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLepage's \u003cem\u003eElsinore\u003c\/em\u003e is a technically complex tour de force - a multimedia drama on a moving set, with Lepage playing all the characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilson's \u003cem\u003eHamlet: a monologue\u003c\/em\u003e, directed, designed and performed by Wilson himself, is a one-man show - but one that needs twenty backstage staff to bring it to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVividly reconstructing each of the three productions, the author offers a dyamic combination of casebook and critique, complete with 16 pages of production photos.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hern, Nick Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131421475056,"sku":"9781780019154","price":12.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780019154_p0.jpg?v=1769890938","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780019154","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}