Peter Brooks' The Mahabharata

[Mattbrain]

Peter Brooks' The Mahabharata#1

Posted: 12/19/08 at 11:59am

I have the DVD of this amazing play as well as the original script but I want to know if there's anyone on this board who saw this (in my opinion) amazing piece of theatre.

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[SporkGoddess]

re: Peter Brooks' The Mahabharata#2

Posted: 12/19/08 at 12:23pm

I didn't know there was a production of this. Is it the entire saga?

I just took a class on ancient India, so I'm a little too familiar with the Mahabharata.

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[luvtheEmcee]

re: Peter Brooks' The Mahabharata#2

Posted: 12/19/08 at 12:27pm

I didn't know it was on DVD. I might have to check it out. I love Peter Brook. Did anyone see the production he did at Columbia a few years ago?

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[Mattbrain]

re: Peter Brooks' The Mahabharata#3

Posted: 12/19/08 at 12:39pm

Well, SporkGoddess, the play was nine hours long but they cut the film down to about 5 1/2 hours and I haven't read the whole saga but I'm guessing that everything essential to the story was still there.

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[Yero my Hero]

re: Peter Brooks' The Mahabharata#4

Posted: 12/19/08 at 2:35pm

Did anyone see the production he did at Columbia a few years ago?

I did! The production at Barnard, right? I don't remember a whole lot about it, but I went with my directing class.

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[luvtheEmcee]

re: Peter Brooks' The Mahabharata#5

Posted: 12/19/08 at 3:08pm

Yeah, Tierno Bokar. It was in French. They converted the gym into a theater. I am also obsessed with his Marat/Sade.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

Updated On: 12/19/08 at 03:08 PM

[luvtheEmcee]

re: Peter Brooks' The Mahabharata#6

Posted: 12/19/08 at 3:22pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5KPMsDT8Ww&feature=channel_page

Oh, wait, I have seen this -- in an Asian philosophy class. Not the whole thing, though, and I didn't know Peter Brook had directed it.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

Updated On: 12/19/08 at 03:22 PM

[Mattbrain]

re: Peter Brooks' The Mahabharata#7

Posted: 12/19/08 at 5:05pm

That's the one.

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