Briton Peter Brook, one of the most influential theater directors of the 20th century, died at the age of 98, Agence France-Presse learned in his surroundings.
Brooke was born in Great Britain, but spent a large part of his career in France, where at the head of his Paris theater Le Buf di Nor (Les Bouffes du Nord) he reexamined the theater form. As reported, Brooke died on Saturday.
At the end of the 1960s, after dozens of successes, including staging numerous plays by Shakespeare, and working with the greats from Laurence Olivier to Orson Welles, he decided to come to France, where he began his experimental period marked by the theory of "empty space".
The cult artist, who directed more than 100 plays and developed the theory of empty space to leave the imagination of the audience, is considered an icon of avant-garde theatre.
In France, he staged monumental plays, with actors from various cultures.
His most famous play, the nine-hour Indian epic Mahabharata (1985), was adapted into a film in 1989.
In the 1990s when he triumphed in the UK with Samuel Beckett's Wonderful Days, critics hailed him as London's most colorful director.
After an adventure of more than 35 years in the "Buff di Nor" theater, Peter Brook left the head of the theater in 2010 at the age of 85, but continued to direct until recently.
The director has always refused the label of engaged theater, but always repeats that his plays are intended for self-reflection and spiritual development.
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